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By doing so, we aimed to elicit a diagnosis from oral pathologists and trainees, analyze their responses, appraise issues, and propose solutions regarding the diagnosis of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OLP<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The questionnaire was distributed to 100 oral pathologists and trainees in South India. Six questions were designed to assess awareness of the diagnostic aspects of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OLP<\/jats:styled-content>. Ten questions were hypothetical clinical scenarios (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HCS<\/jats:styled-content>) devised to evaluate respondents' knowledge of diagnostic guidelines and the criteria used by the respondents to render a diagnosis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were 60 of 100 responses to the questionnaire. 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