Inclusion criteria:
Patients sufering from erosive oral lichen planus refered to isfahan dental school department of oral medicine whose lesions are clinically and pathologically confirmed according to WHO criteria
Certaining of the patient's cooperation and consent
presence of at least one lichen planus lesion in oral cavity
according to modified Thongprasom criteria the clinical score must be more than 1
Exclusion criteria:
patients attended another clinical trial in past 3 months
pregnancy and lactation
presence of lichenoid reactions
presence of extraoral lesions
use of systemic steroid drugs, analgesics, immunomodulation drugs, NSAIDs a week before trial
presence of other lesions in oral cavity
history of asthma and allergy
patients suffering from systemic conditions such as diabetes, TB, high blood pressure, life threatening diseases and cancer
patients suffering from ulcerative colitis, entrogastric diseases, crohns syndrome, behjet`s syndrome, intensive anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, collagen disorders, leukosis and AIDS
history of organ transplantation