[Table/Fig-6]:

Comparison of the results obtained in the present study with that other similar published literature.

Component	Control	OLP
LCs in healthy oral mucosa.	Present	Present as showed by Chou [14], Pitigala-Arachi [15], Van Loon [16], Lombardi [17], Hasseus [18], Dorrego [19], Santoro [20], Gustafsson [10] and Mitamura [21]
Network of LCs in epithelium.	Present	Also seen in studies conducted by Hasseus [18] and Gustafsson [10]
Increase in LCs in OLP compared to normal mucosa.	Present	Similar results by Pitigala-Arachi [15], Hasseus [18], Dorrego [19], Santoro [20], Gustafsson [10] and Mitamura [21]
No change in LCs compared to OLP and normal mucosa.	Not seen	Studies by Sloberg [8], Chou [22], and Farthing [23] no change in number of LC’s in OLP compared to normal mucosa.
Less number of LCs in OLP compared to normal mucosa.	Not seen	Study by Mukae [24] showed this feature.