Dentist treats woman with maggot infestation
NewsPosted by: manpreet.boora 25th October 2017
Video sharing website LiveLeak has shared footage of a female patient receiving treatment while maggots wriggle around on her teeth and gums.
The patient can be heard repeatedly wincing and breathing heavily during the horrifying minute-long clip.
According to LiveLeak, the video was filmed in India and despite the alarming prospect, it isn’t the first time dentists have encountered maggots at their surgeries.
In March 2015, schoolgirl Ana Cardoso, then 10, went to the dentist with swollen gums and was horrified when 15 maggots were removed from her mouth.
Ana was taken to the clinic after complaining about feeling a tingling sensation in her gums and things “moving around”.
Her stunned mum Adriana said: “She had been saying for a few days that she felt something moving around in her mouth and at first I thought she was joking.
Ana was diagnosed with a rare form of Oral Myiasis, a fly lava maggot infection that grows in humans and animals.
The shocking story has been covered by several national newspapers including the Daily Mail.
To watch the full clip from LiveLeak click here
