While plaque‐induced gingivitis is one of the most common human inflammatory diseases,
several non–plaque‐induced gingival diseases are less common but often of major …

Background Determining the potential for malignant transformation of oral lichen planus
(OLP) is complicated by difficulties in diagnosis, differentiation from oral lichenoid lesions …

Studies of the malignant potential of oral lichen planus (OLP) have been hampered by
inconsistencies in the diagnostic criteria used for OLP, the criteria adopted to identify a true …

OBJECTIVE: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is associated with risk for developing oral squamous
cell carcinoma (OSCC). We performed a 7-year prospective study to assess the incidence of …

Abstract The World Health Organization has clearly indentified prevention and early
detection as major objectives in the control of the oral cancer burden worldwide. At the …

Oral Diseases (2012) 18, 236–243 Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) is a pleomorphic cytokine involved in
a number of physiologic and pathologic processes including response to trauma and …

Squamous cell carcinoma arising from oral mucosal epithelium remains a lethal and
deforming disease due to tumour invasion, oro‐facial destruction, cervical lymph node …

Potentially malignant oral mucosal disease has some ability to give rise to malignancy of the
oral epithelium, that is, oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The present article provides …

J Oral Pathol Med (2010) 39: 491–496 Objectives: This study describes the
clinicopathological characteristics of a group of patients with oral lichen planus (OLP) in …

J Oral Pathol Med (2010) 39: 735–740 Background: Different treatments have been used in
application to symptomatic oral lichen planus (OLP), with variable results, perhaps caused …