International journal of dental and medical specialty

3-6

Authors: Nirma Yadav, Anand Kumar

Oral myiasis was coined by Reverend F. William Hope in 1840. It is a rare pathology and risk to the patients in humans suffering from myiasis. It has a higher incidence in rural areas and in developing countries having hot climatic conditions such as tropical and sub-tropical zones of Africa and America. Most of the infestations are associated with various predisposing factors such as poor oral hygiene, suppurative lesions, senility, alcoholism, and debilitating conditions and also reported in post-extraction socket. The diagnosis is made basically by the presence of larvae. This article deals with traumatic oral myiasis in healthy male and myiasis in mentally challenged female patient. The treatment consisted of manual removal of the larvae by topical application of turpentine oil and surgical debridement of the wound