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Demographic And Clinical Profile Of Gingival Oral Lichen Planus In A Group Of Thai Individuals, Pissacha Daroonpan, Ruchadaporn Kaomongkolgit, Weeraya Tantanapornkul, Jadesada Palasuk
Demographic And Clinical Profile Of Gingival Oral Lichen Planus In A Group Of Thai Individuals, Pissacha Daroonpan, Ruchadaporn Kaomongkolgit, Weeraya Tantanapornkul, Jadesada Palasuk
Journal of Dentistry Indonesia
Objective: This study aimed to determine the clinical profile of the gingival lesions of oral lichen planus (OLP) in a group of Thai patients. Methods: The dental records of 67 patients were reviewed. Results: In this study, 51 (76.1%) women and 16 (23.9%) men with a female-to-male ratio of 3.2:1 were included. The average age of patients with OLP was 56.0 ± 12.5 years (ranged = 20–81 years). Furthermore, 52 (77.6%) patients had a history of systemic diseases, and hypertension was predominant. All the patients presented with symptomatic OLP. Multiple OLP lesions were observed in 56 (83.6%) …