title: Oral Myiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana in Anterior Maxilla.
abstract: Oral myiasis is a rare pathology and is associated with poor oral hygiene, alcoholism, senility, suppurating lesions, and severe halitosis. It arises from invasion of body tissues or cavities of living animals by maggots or larvae of certain dipterian flies. It is mostly reported in developing countries and in the tropics. We hereby report a rare case of oral myiasis in a 70-year-old female with extensive necrotic oral lesion burrowing into the hard palate through which numerous live maggots (larvae) and seen emerging out and discuss the definition, etiology, predisposing factors, classification, and management of the same. Furthermore, the life cycle of the causative organism in the present case, that is, Chrysomya bezziana, has also been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, IDST, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201201, India.
authors.forename: Ankur
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4434-4879
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pondicherry 605006, India.
authors.forename: M Jonathan
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Awadh Dental College, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand 831012, India.
authors.forename: Raju Singam
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500012, India.
authors.forename: Boddu Naresh
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522509, India.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Sumalatha
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500012, India.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Srikanth
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, IDST, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201201, India.
authors.forename: Shalu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, IDST, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201201, India.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malik