Tehran University of Medical Sciences Frontiers in Dentistry 2676-296X 12 6 2016 02 28 456 459 Singh Shikha Prasad Guru R Pathak Ashutoshdutt Sood Meenakshi 2015 11 28 2015 11 28 Myiasis is a rare disease caused by infestation of tissue by larvae of flies. Oral myiasis is still “rare” and “unique” owing to the fact that oral cavity rarely provides the necessary habitat for a larval lifecycle. Herein, we present a case of extensive gingival myiasis in a 12-year-old mentally retarded, epileptic child as well as a literature review. https://fid.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fid/article/view/914 https://fid.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fid/article/download/914/778