Treatment of erosive-ulcerative form of oral lichen planus (a literature review)

Lichen planus is an inflammatory dermatosis with diverse clinical manifestations; characterized by high comorbidity and involvement in the process of the skin, its appendages (hair, nails) and mucous membranes. Erosive ulcerative lichen planus of the oral mucosa is a complicated, isolated form, characterized by a long and often atypical course. A competent approach to the diagnosis and choice of rational treatment of this pathology remains an urgent problem in therapeutic dentistry. Thus, among the wide range of various methods of treatment and medicines described in the literature, there is no single standard for general and local treatment of erosive-ulcerative form of lichen planus of the oral mucosa. The methods and medicines described in the article are effective, but development and subsequent well-planned studies of methods and medicines for the treatment of erosive-ulcerative form of lichen planus of the oral mucosa are necessary.

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