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Case Report

Oral Myiasis-Maggots in Mouth - A Case Report

Gayathri Murali, Poornima Vijayakumar, Jayanthi Mungara, Akila Veerapandiyian
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Uthandi, Chennai, Tamilnadu
Vol 6 · Issue 1 · 2019 DOI: 10.37841/jidam_2019_V6_I1_05 🔓 Open Access 📅 2019
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📝Abstract

Myiasis commonly refers to invasion of human they complete their lifecycle or a part of it by feeding on living or dead tissue and liquid body secretion and associated with poor oral hygiene, poor sanitation and seen in warm humid climatic condition. Oral myiasis if left untreated can cause serious problems to the adjacent structures. This case report discusses oral and cutaneous myiasis with its management in an eighteen year old cerebral palsy boy.

KEYWORDS: Cerebral palsy, maggots, myiasis, poor oral hygiene.

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Gayathri Murali, Poornima Vijayakumar, Jayanthi Mungara, Akila Veerapandiyian. Oral myiasis-maggots in mouth - a case report. J Indian Dent Assoc Madras. 2019;6(1):29-32. DOI: 10.37841/jidam_2019_V6_I1_05
Gayathri Murali, Poornima Vijayakumar, Jayanthi Mungara, & Akila Veerapandiyian. (2019). Oral myiasis-maggots in mouth - a case report. Journal of Indian Dental Association Madras, 6(1), 29-32. https://doi.org/10.37841/jidam_2019_V6_I1_05
Gayathri Murali, et al. "Oral myiasis-maggots in mouth - a case report." Journal of Indian Dental Association Madras, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 29-32. DOI: 10.37841/jidam_2019_V6_I1_05.
Gayathri Murali, Poornima Vijayakumar, Jayanthi Mungara, Akila Veerapandiyian. Oral myiasis-maggots in mouth - a case report. J Indian Dent Assoc Madras. 2019;6(1):29-32. doi:10.37841/jidam_2019_V6_I1_05
Gayathri Murali, Poornima Vijayakumar, Jayanthi Mungara, and Akila Veerapandiyian. "Oral myiasis-maggots in mouth - a case report." Journal of Indian Dental Association Madras 6, no. 1 (2019): 29-32. https://doi.org/10.37841/jidam_2019_V6_I1_05.
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