Abstract: Hitherto, oral lichen planus (OLP) is still an uncurable chronic disease. How to control the disease relapse and maintain long-term remission have not been well resolved. Treat-to-target is a novel treatment concept for the chronic diseases, which highlights treatment toward a therapeutic target of clinical remission by regular assessing disease activity and adjusting therapy accordingly. In recent years, this strategy has been widely applied in many areas of medicine and markedly improves the patients' condition and outcome. According to the concept of treat-to-target and current situation of OLP treatment, this article proposes an treat-to-target strategy in OLP and discusses its feasibility and key issues, aiming to provide an advisory opinion for the improvement of OLP treatment mode.

Key words: Oral lichen planus, Treatment, Treat-to-target, Prospective