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<journal-id>0034-7507</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Estomatología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Estomatol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7507</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-75072021000400011</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[De-epithelialization technique as an esthetic treatment for gingival lichen planus]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Técnica de desepitelización como tratamiento estético para el liquen plano gingival]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hissao Imano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcelo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[de Azevedo Koch]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luiza Foltran]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Porto Spada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paula]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carneiro Leão Gabardo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marilisa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miranda Deliberador]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tatiana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,São Leopoldo Mandic  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Curitiba PR]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Positivo School of Health Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Curitiba PR]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>58</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-75072021000400011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-75072021000400011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-75072021000400011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Oral lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the mucosa.  Objective:  To report a clinical case of oral lichen planus in gingiva whose removal was carried out by the de-epithelialization technique of the affected areas.  Case report:  A 56-year-old female patient presented white plaques upon clinical examination that could not be removed by scraping. The treatment plan involved a biopsy and lesion removal by de-epithelialization, procedure not described in the literature up to date. This technique consisted of the removal of the plaques with the epithelial tissue from the gingiva using a 15c blade, leaving the connective tissue exposed. Clinical follow-up was performed at 3 and 10 days, and at 2, 3 and 15 months.  Conclusions:  De-epithelialization was a resolutive esthetic intervention for the case presented.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  El liquen plano oral es una enfermedad inflamatoria crónica que afecta a la mucosa.  Objetivo:  Reportar un caso clínico de liquen plano oral en encía cuya extirpación se realizó mediante la técnica de desepitelización de las áreas afectadas.  Reporte de caso:  Una paciente de 56 años presentaba placas blancas en el examen clínico que no podían eliminarse con raspado. El plan de tratamiento consistió en una biopsia y extirpación de la lesión por desepitelización, procedimiento no descrito hasta la fecha en la literatura. Esta técnica consistió en la eliminación de las placas con el tejido epitelial de la encía utilizando una cuchilla de 15c, dejando expuesto el tejido conectivo. El seguimiento clínico se realizó a los 3 y 10 días, ya los 2, 3 y 15 meses.  Conclusiones:  La desepitelización fue una intervención estética resolutiva para el caso presentado.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Oral lichen planus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ambulatory surgical procedures]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[therapeutics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[esthetics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[liquen plano oral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[procedimientos quirúrgicos ambulatorios]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tratamiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estética]]></kwd>
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