Author/Authors :
Mehdipour, Masoumeh Department of Oral Medicine - Faculty of Dentistry - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz , Taghavi Zenouz, Ali Department of Oral Medicine - Faculty of Dentistry - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz , Hekmatfar, Somayeh Post-graduate Student - Department of Pediatric Dentistry - Faculty of Dentistry - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz , Adibpour, Mohammad Department of Parasitology - Faculty of Medicine - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz , Bahramian, Alia Department of Oral Medicine - Faculty of Dentistry - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz , Khorshidi, Reza Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - Faculty of Dentistry - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz
Abstract :
Background and aims. The clinical management of oral lichen planus poses considerable difficulties to the clinician. In recent years, researchers have focused on the presence of pathogenic microorganisms such as Candida albicansin the patients with refractory lichen planus. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of candidaspecies in the erosive oral lichen planus lesions.
Materials and methods. Twenty-one patients with erosive oral lichen planus and twenty-one healthy individuals aged 18-60 were randomly selected; samples were taken from the tongue, salivaand buccal mucosa with swab friction. Theses samples were sent to the laboratory for determining the presence of candidaspecies in cultures and direct examination method.
Results. No significant difference was found between healthy individuals and patients with erosive lichen planus regard-ing presence of candida species. The type of candida in the evaluated samples was Candida albicans in both healthy and patient groups.
Conclusion. According to the results, candida was not confirmed as an etiologic factor for erosive lichen planus lesions.
