Clinical characteristics of oral lichen planus and its causal context with dental restorative materials and oral health-related quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of clinical characteristics and dental restorative materials on oral health-related quality of life in patients with oral lichen planus. In particular, the influences of amalgam and metals were investigated.

Methods

A total of 112 patients with clinical and histological features of oral lichen planus from the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Hospital of Münster participated in this prospective study. Clinical parameters of oral lichen planus and the dental restorative materials used were evaluated. Oral health-related quality of life was investigated by using the short form of the German version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14). In addition, physical pain was rated on a v

SUBMITTER: Daume L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8126149 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature