Oral Lichen Ruber ( OLR ) Epidemiology and Clinical Findings in 143 Cases
All cases o f OLR during a period o f five years in the Department o f Oral Pathology are analyzed. The aim o f this study was. to present epidemiological and clinical findings o f OLR to determine if Grinspan syndrome exist and if so in what percentage. OLR affected women more frequently (72.3%) then men (27.7%), and after the age o f 40 OLR is more frequent. The ratio o f lichen ruber planus and erosivus was 68.5% : 31.5%. DM is present in 16.1%, hypertension in 30.1%, Grinspan syndrome in 4.2% cases. All the six cases o f Grinspan sy ndrome had the erosive form of lichen. There is also significant correlati on o f OLR with gastrointestinal disease (85.3%), where, gastritis and hepathobiliar diseases prevail.