Importance of the vaporization margin during CO laser treatment of oral leukoplakia: A survival study.

Objectives: The main purpose of this study was to assess the response of oral leukoplakia to CO laser vaporization treatment, as well as determining possible factors that may affect recurrence of lesions.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted, in which the medical records of patients who had been clinically and histologically diagnosed with oral leukoplakia and treated with CO laser between 1996 and 2019 at the Oral Medicine Teaching Unit of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Santiago de Compostela were reviewed.

Results: Fifty-eight patients were included: 36 female and 22 male subjects, with a mean age of 63.

Psychological disorders and quality of life in oral lichen planus patients and a control group.

Objectives: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a common disease whose aetiopathogenesis is linked to psychological disorders. This study aims to determine the influence of anxiety and depression in OLP patients, define the perception of quality of life in these patients and check for potential differences between atrophic/ ulcerative and reticular lesions.

Materials And Methods: A group of 48 OLP patients and a control group of 40 patients were selected.