Maggots In Oral Cavity (Oral Myiasis): A Case Report

ABSTRACT

Oral myiasis is a relatively rare and uncommon clinical condition arising from the invasion of body tissues or cavities of living animals or humans by maggots or larvae of certain species of flies. This condition may be observed in suppurative oral lesions, alcoholism, senility and also maintaining poor oral hygiene by patients during orthodontic treatment, invasion and growth of larvae during and after maxillofacial injuries. The current article presents with management of oral myiasis during orthodontic treatment, and in oral and maxillofacial injuries.