Open AccessEfficacy of herbal interventions in oral lichen planus: A systematic review
Author(s) -
Ashita Kalaskar,
Rahul Bhowate,
Ritesh Kalaskar,
Sheelpriya Walde,
Rachana D Ramteke,
Priyanka P Banode
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_320_20
Subject(s) - medicine , oral lichen planus , randomized controlled trial , medline , psychological intervention , systematic review , clinical trial , scopus , alternative medicine , intensive care medicine , meta analysis , dermatology , pathology , psychiatry , political science , law
Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic autoimmune condition requiring prompt treatment to alleviate the signs and symptoms. There is weak evidence emphasizing the efficacy of any one therapy. Steroids, of all the therapies, have proved to be effective and hence considered as the standard care for OLP. However, the complications associated with it further worsen the patient's condition. Alternative safe approaches such as herbal interventions (HIs) have been tried in OLP. Their efficacies could only be evaluated from properly designed research protocols such as randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The present systematic review aims to assess the efficacy of HIs compared to steroids in RCTs involving OLP.