Use of Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Oral Muco-sa (brief message)
Lichen planus is one of the most common diseases of the oral mucosa, which is characterized by a chronic course, clinical polymorphism, resistant to treatment, the possibility of malignancy. For treatment of the red lichen planus, the modern medicines are used: neurotropic, corticosteroids, aminoquinolinic preparations, antibiotics, retinoids, drugs, vitamins that have impact on different stages of pathogenesis. However, the prescription of these drugs is often inefficient, and is associated with the development of complications and the development of resistance to the therapy. The phenomena of toxic and allergic reactions in the use of drugs are frequent. Improvement of non-drug methods of treatment of the red lichen planus in mucous membranes of the mouth is an urgent task. Combined methods of physiotherapy are one way of treatment. Combined physiotherapy is physiotherapy, based on simultaneously (coinfection) use of two or more physical factors on the same area of the body. These factors were selected with the aim of increasing their physical activity and therapeutic effectiveness. One of the variants of combined physical therapy of diseases of the oral mucosa is the use of a device for the treatment of dental diseases «Radadent», in which there are two types of physical factors: the extremely high frequency electromagnetic and ultraviolet radiation. In the clinic of the Department of stomatology the apparatus «Radadent» was used in the complex treatment of 12 patients with erosive and ulcerative forms of red lichen planus. The reduction or elimination of inflammatory processes of the mucous membrane and the regeneration of tissues trophism of the mouth, elimination of pain, cell regeneration, the acceleration of healing of ulcers and ero-sions were identified.