Is Oro-antralMyiasis life threatening? : A Case Report.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences , Qaseem Private Colleges, College of Dentistry, Buridah , Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences , Qaseem Private Colleges, College of Dentistry, Buridah, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Reader, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery RKDF Dental College and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, NarsinhbhaiPatel Dental college and hospital, Visnagar, Gujarat. India.
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Infestation of living tissues of humans and animals, by diptereous eggs or larvae is very rare entity and is termed as myiasis. In the present case, patient aged 50 years, reported to us with a complaint of a large communication in anterior maxilla and left posterior mandible region. Intra oral examination showed generalized periodontitis and myasis with purulent discharge at the same sites. Despite treatment patient died due to severe septicemia. The case is significant in its presentation as Oroantralmyiasis could be life threatening if neglected at its earlier stage.
[Shrudha Potdar, Siddana Goud Reddy, Anuroop Singhai and Shoba Fernandes. (2016); Is Oro-antralMyiasis life threatening? : A Case Report. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (May). 1425-1427] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
