Healing of Oral Lichenoid Lesions following Replacement of Dental Amalgam Restorations with Feldspathic Ceramic Inlay-Onlay Restorations: Clinical Results of a Follow-Up Period Varied from Three Months up to Five Years
Table 1
Clinical features of the study group and healing results.
Complete healing (10)
Marked healing (5)
No improvement (1)
Clinical appearance
Patches, plaques or reticular
10
5
1
Erosive or atrophic
3
2
1
Distribution of lesions
Buccal mucosa
Bilateral
3
4
1
Unilateral
7
1
0
Lateral borders of tongue
1
1
0
Diagnosis
OLL
10
2
0
OLP
0
3
1
Topographical relationship between lesions and restorations
Only close contact OLL
10
0
0
Exceeding contact OLL
0
2
0
Only close contact OLP
0
2
0
Exceeding contact OLP
0
1
1
Patch test result details
Patch negative
1
0
1
Patch positive at least one dental material
9
5
0
Patch test response at least one component of amalgam restoration
6
2
0
Patch test response at least one component of composite restoration
