A RARE CASE OF PALATINAL ORAL MYIASIS CAUSED BY WOHLFAHRTIA MAGNIFICA

Myiasis (from the greek word for fly, myia) is an uncommon disease in human caused by fly larvae. especially, oral myiasis is very rare condition in healthy persons; it is usually associated with poor public and personal hygiene. most of the patients with oral myiasis were reported from the tropical countries with low socioeconomic status; however, sporadic cases were occurred in developed countries. we present here a case of oral myiasis in a healthy 4 -year-old boy. three maggots found in anterior maxillary palatal gingival sulcus of upper incisors. all maggots were removed manually with clinical forceps. the larvaes were identified as the third stage larvae of wohlfahrtia magnifica (diptera; sarcophagidea). the healing was uneventful.