Dental Medicine & Dentistry

According to most authors, red flat lichen (RFL) is observed in many countries. Its prevalence ranges from 0.1% to 20%. The

incidence rate in different climatic geographic regions has signif-icant variations: from 45% in France, up to 0.13%-0.34% in

Sweden; In India, it is 1.4%. In the Republic of Kazakhstan, the frequency of the disease is 450: 100,000. The main place in the frequency

of localization of RFL is skin. Observations conducted indicate that of the 374 patients with RFL, there were manifestations of

oral mucosa in 54% of patients, while in 26.5% it was isolated. More recent studies show a lower incidence of RFL lesions in the oral mucosa: out of 585 patients, 22% of patients had eruptions on the oral mucosa, only 13.5% had an isolated le-sion of the oral mucosa alone. Red lichen is more common in people aged 30 to 50 years, in women more often than in men. Men get ill somewhat earlier (30 years) than women (40 years). The same researchers showed a tendency to "rejuvenate" this disease, which is probably due to the growing unfortunate environmental situation and the pace of life, coupled with a constant  sychoemotional stress. We have tested the effectiveness of the use of a   olysaccharide film and apparatus for phototherapy in the complex treatment of RFL. The effectiveness of treatment was evaluated in the immediate and long-term (12 and 24 months after treatment) for the dynamics of the pain syndrome,

the timing of epithelialization of lesions, the average duration of treatment,  hanges in cytological and immunological parameters, the frequency of relapse or exacerbation of the disease.