ANALYSIS OF THE INDICES OF CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOW IN PATIENTS WITH LICHEN PLANUS OF THE ORAL MUCOSA
The issues of pathogenetic diagnosis of diseases of the oral mucosa remain most complicated and pressing for dentists. The role of capillary blood flow disorders in the pathogenesis of inflammatory - destructive diseases of the oral cavity is quite significant. In this paper we studied the features of microcirculation in healthy subjects and patients with lichen planus both at the site of the lesion and on the symmetrical side using laser Doppler flowmetry. LDF showed decreased indicators of microcirculation both on the affected and the clinically unchanged symmetrical side. Indicators of LDFgrams in healthy subjects differed significantly from patients with erosive and ulcerative lesions in the oral cavity.