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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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Oral myiasis: An unusual case report
Bharadwaj Bordoloi1, Aanchal Tandon2, Rohit Jaiswal2, Safia Siddiqui2
1 Department of Dentistry, Garmur Subdivisional Civil Hospital, Majuli, Assam, India
2 Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Bharadwaj Bordoloi
Rajdhani Apartment 1 (2B), Housefed, Dispur, Guwahati - 781 006, Assam
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jdrr.jdrr_42_19
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Oral myiasis is a rare disease commonly reported in specially abled patients with poor oral hygiene. It is caused by larvae of certain dipteran flies. It is mostly reported in developing countries and in the tropics. Here we present a case report of oral myasis in a mentally challenged elderly lady.
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