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Effect of oral alpha lipoic acid in treatment of OSMF.
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Abstract
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a potentially cancerous disorder that affects the oral mucosa and causes a range of symptoms. Therefore it is of interest to assessing the function of oral alpha lipoic acid as a therapy for OSMF is intriguing. Hence, fifty patients with OSMF symptoms were evaluated both before and after treatment. They were split into two groups: group A, which served as the control, received 1 ml steroid injection of thioacetamide and 1500 IU of hyaluronidase (HYAL) weekly along with the oral antioxidant α-lipoic acid for three months. Group B, which served as the case study, also received 3 months of steroid injection of thioacetamide and HYAL. Patients in group B were recalled for a clinical examination using a vernier caliper, and visual analog scale (VAS) and fibrous bands (FB) were assessed at the 1
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