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Table 3 Substances that the participants primarily displayed positive patch test reaction to

From: Oral symptoms and salivary findings in oral lichen planus, oral lichenoid lesions and stomatitis

Substances with positive patch test reactions

Patients

(n = 49)

Healthy controls

(n = 29)

Perfume mix

7

4

Balsam of Peru

5

1

Colophony

4

0

Spearmint

4

0

Cassai oil

3

1

Carvone

2

0

Cinnemaldehyd

1

0

Nickel

2

4

Mercury

2

0

2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate

2

0

Methylmethacrylate (MMA)

1

0

Ethylen glycol dimethacrylate (EDGMA)

1

0

Palladium

1

1

Cobalt

1

1

  1. Some participants displayed more than one positive patch test reaction which explains why the total number adds up to more than the number of patients and healthy controls [56]