<![CDATA[Oral lichen planus(OLP) is a common chronic mucocutaneous disorder with an immune mediatedpathogenesis. Etiology of OLP is unknown, but it is thought to be the result of an autoimmune process withan unknown predisposing factor. The clinical presentation of OLP ranges from mild painless white keratoticlesions to painful erosions and ulcerations. It has various oral manifestations with the reticular type beingthe most common. The erosive and atrophic variants are less common but most likely to cause symptoms.Topical corticosteroids constitute the mainstay for symptomatic lesions of OLP. The aim of this study is toinvestigate the prevalence of reticular variant of oral lichen planus.Materials and Methods: In the presentstudy a total of 68 patients were included. The demographic, clinical and treatment details were recorded. Allthe collected data was analyzed by SPSS IBM software Results: Among 63 patients with OLP 60.3% werefemales showing a bilateral involvement in the buccal mucosa (92.1%) with P<0.05. The reticular variantconstituted (37.1 %) of all the total cases and erosive variant was the most common (57.1%).Corticosteroidswere the most common drug. Conclusion:Within the limitations of the study it is evident that OLP has morefemale prevalence, erosive form was more frequent followed by the reticular form of Lichen planus. Buccalmucosa was the most commonly affected site and majority of the patients were treated using Corticosteroids.]]>
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