Abstract
Introduction: Oral leukoplakia (OL) is an oral premalignant disorder (OPMD) defined as a white plaque of questionable risk, and the diagnosis is by exclusion. Aim: We aimed to compare the effectiveness of topical bleomycin with that of topical curcumin in patients with oral leukoplakia (OL). Materials and Methods: Bleomycin was assigned for group A and curcumin for group B patients. Both the drugs were applied topically with adjuvant oral antioxidants for both groups. Results: Group A (n = 10) patients showed partial to complete resolution of the leukoplakic lesions with a P value of 0.01, whereas in group B (n = 10) patients, resolution of the clinical lesion was not substantial, but a reduction of the erythroid component was observed along with histopathological improvement of dysplasia with a P value of 0.01. Conclusion: Comparatively, bleomycin was more efficient in producing clinical and histopathologic resolution of OL than curcumin.
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