title: A rare case of gingival myiasis in a 2-year-old child.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Myiasis is the infestation of live human and vertebrate animal with larvae of Diptera fly which feed on the host dead or living tissue. Gingival myiasis is a very rare disease and associated with poor oral hygiene, senility, suppurative oral lesions, mental retardation and other conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of gingival myiasis in a 2-year-old otherwise healthy child is reported. Treatment consisted of mechanical removal of larvae, extraction of the adjacent devitalized teeth and debridement of necrotic tissues.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians dealing with oral medicine should be aware of this very rare condition in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kanuni Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selçuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Ayla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Islamoğlu
authors.forename: Bengü
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Çobanoğlu
mesh_terms: D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014421:Turkey