Journal of Oral Science Research ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (11): 1168-1171.DOI: 10.13701/j.cnki.kqyxyj.2018.11.006

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Analysis of Salivary Markers in Oral Lichen Planus

DONG Zi-yu, ZHANG Fang*   

  1. School of Stomatology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China.
  • Received:2018-02-07 Online:2018-11-28 Published:2018-11-23

Abstract: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a kind of chronic inflammation in oral mucosa with unknown etiology, which always relapses and has the risk of cancer. Many researchers have found that certain inflammatory factors of saliva and cancer related factors and microorganism can be used as markers to study the pathogenesis, condition evaluation, and prediction risk of cancer of OLP. This paper reviews the role of saliva markers in oral lichen planus.

Key words: Oral lichen planus, Saliva markers, Assessment of the condition, Cancer prediction