A Study to Assess the Role of Psychological Stress in the Severity of Oral Lichen Planus, OSMF, and Leukoplakia and its Correlation with Serum Cortisol Levels

• Main Authors: Saba Khan (Author), Dhaval N. Mehta (Author), Pooja Jain (Author), Saurabh Somani (Author), Mohammed A. Pathan (Author), Helly Thakkar (Author), Swati Agrawal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The most prevalent oral mucosal conditions in humans are leukoplakia, oral lichen planus (OLP), and oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF). These conditions should be studied as psychosomatic conditions, but little research has been done on how these conditions relate to stress. Materials and...