Terapeutický přístup k orálnímu lichen planus - nové trendy, nová řešení – Janovská Markéta (2024)

Oral medicine is a prototype of an interdisciplinary medical (dental) specialty. Physicians from virtually all specialties may encounter patients with oral mucosal diseases of various etiologies and severities. In the Czech Republic, there is an undeniable shortage of specialists dealing with oral medicine, and many patients with oral mucosal diseases seek doctors from various specialties. The increasing number of patients needing qualified diagnostic and therapeutic management of mucosal diseases raises the demands on individual outpatient specialties. Oral lichen planus is among the most common diseases of the oral mucosa. Despite high professional interest and the growing knowledge about this chronic mucosal disease, symptomatic treatment of oral lichen planus is often a challenge. The purpose of this publication is to provide factual and detailed information on the therapy of oral lichen planus that will be useful to physicians across medical specialties. The text is supplemented with numerous practical tips and rich visual documentation from the authors' clinical practice. The monograph is based on evidence-based medicine and the author's experiences gained during a research internship at the prestigious American Mayo Clinic. The co-author is...