Journal of PEARLDENT

  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 1

Oral Myiasis: A Case Report

  • Author:
  • Rohit Sharma1, Amit Kumar Sharma2, Bhoomi3, Sukanya Bhardwaj4, Beer Singh5
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 8 to 10

1Professor and Head of Department Oral Medicine and Radiology, NIMS Dental College, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan

2Professor and Head of Department Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, NIMS Dental College, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan

3Post Graduate Student, Oral Medicine and Radiology, NIMS Dental College, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan

4Post Graduate Student, Oral Medicine and Radiology, NIMS Dental College, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan

5Senior Lecturer, Oral Medicine and Radiology, NIMS Dental College, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Online Published on 20 August, 2024.

Abstract

Here we describe a case of oral myiasis within the gingiva of an elderly woman, in which infection may have been due to her unhygienic living condition along with debilitating diseases. Myiasis was first described by F. W. Hope in 1840. Myiasis is derived from the Greek word “myia,” meaning fly and “asis,” meaning disease. Myiasis is caused by dipterous larvae that feed on the host dead or living tissues, liquid body substances or ingested food. Myiasis frequently occurs in rural areas, infecting livestock, and in humans prevails in unhealthy individuals in third world countries. Incidence of oral myiasis is comparatively lesser than that of cutaneous myiasis as oral tissues are not permanently exposed to the external environment.[1]