Evaluation of Diode Laser and Topical Steroid Therapy in the Treatment of Erosive Oral Lichen Planus

Evaluation of Diode Laser and Topical Steroid Therapy in the Treatment of Erosive Oral Lichen Planus (A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial)

this study evaluates the effect of diode laser in treatment of oral lichen planus.

44 patients with erosive oral lichen planus were included in the study and divided into 2 equal groups. Group I received topical steroid therapy three times daily for 4 weeks and antifungal oral gel once daily for 1 week. Group II received 980nm Diode Laser 300 mW, up to 10 sessions.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient histologically diagnosed with erosive OLP based on WHO modified criteria 2003.
• Presence of painful erosive OLP lesions diagnosed by biopsy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breast-feeding women
• Patients currently treated for cancer with Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy
• Patient currently on Corticosteroid therapy or had this treatment on the past 3 months
• Those who had used Anti-inflammatory drugs topical or systemic in the last month
• the use of drugs related to Oral Lichenoid Lesions
• Presence of Amalgam restorations near the OLP lesions
• dysplasia in histopathological examination
• uncontrolled systemic diseases
• physical or mental abnormality which would interfere with or be affected by the study procedure
• Patients with skin lesion