Open AccessIn vivoautofluorescence characteristics of pre- and post-treated oral submucous fibrosis: A pilot study
Author(s) -
C. Ponranjini Vedeswari,
Jayachandran Sadaksharam,
Sumathi Ganesan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.57354
Subject(s) - autofluorescence , oral mucosa , oral submucous fibrosis , medicine , pathology , in vivo , gastroenterology , dentistry , fluorescence , biology , optics , physics , microbiology and biotechnology
To compare the autofluorescence spectra of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) with normal mucosa, the autofluorescence spectra of OSF before and after treatment with intralesional dexamethasone and hyaluronidase, the clinical improvement following treatment with the changes in autofluorescence spectra and to prove that autofluorescence spectroscopy is a good method for diagnosis and assessment of treatment effectiveness in OSF.