Oral Health Case Reports

Oral Mini Pulse Therapy a Novel Therapy in a Management of Multivariant Oral Lichen Planus: An Unusual Case Report

Abstract

Aditya Dupare*, Apeksha S Dhole and Mukta Motwani

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic mucocutaneous disease with an unknown aetiology, affecting 0.5%-2% of the population and with a predilection for females in fourth to fifth decade of life. Most oral lichen planus lesions are asymptomatic but the atrophic and erosive forms of OLP can cause symptoms ranging from spontaneous soreness to severe pain interfering with eating, speech and swallowing. Various drugs have been used for the treatment of OLP including corticosteroids and other immunomodulators. However, no therapy is considered as the single most effective and without side effects in the management of this enigmatic disease. This is a case report of successful management of extensive, symptomatic multivariant OLP with a novel treatment with oral mini pulse (OMP) therapy.