A rare case of gingival myiasis in a 2-year-old child

Arslan S., İslamoğlu A., COBANOGLU B.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY, cilt.23, sa.5, ss.387-388, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/ipd.12033
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.387-388
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.