title: Photodynamic therapy in treatment of severe oral lichen planus.
abstract: The aim of the study was to elaborate the rationale for the application of photodynamic therapy in complex treatment of patient with severe oral lichen planus. Complex clinical and laboratory examination and treatment was performed in 54 patients divided on 3 groups. Diagnosis of oral lichen planus was based on clinical, histological and immunohistochemical features. Group 1 received standard treatment, in the second group photodynamic therapy was conducted in addition to conventional treatment, patients in the third group received only photodynamic therapy. The study results proved photodynamic therapy to be useful tool in complex treatment of severe oral lichen planus.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Rabinovich
authors.affiliation: Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Rabinovich
authors.affiliation: Central Research Institute of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Guseva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; C047635:N-methylglucosamine; D005944:Glucosamine