This article reviewed smoking oral diseases Cigarette smoke affects the oral cavity first, so it is evident that smoking has many negative influences on oral cavity, for example, dental caries The article also discusses the relationship between smoking, Streptococcus mutans counts, secretory IgA (S-IgA) and dental caries in detail. Dental caries were significantly related to the presence of Str...

Myiasis is the infection caused by a variety of dipterous (fly) larvae in vertebrate's tissue (man and domestic or wild animals). Species of Gasterophilus are obligate parasite of horses, donkeys, zebras, elephants and rhinoceroses. There are records worldwide, but mostly, in tropical and subtropical regions. This case report describes a type of gastric myiasis caused by G. intestinalis in an o...

According to Hope [1] myiasis is a disease of human beings originated specially with dipterous larvae. Zumpt [2] defined myiasis as “the infestation of live vertebrate animals with dipterous larvae, which at least for a certain period, feed on host’s dead or living tissues, liquid body substances or ingested food”. These invasions may be benign in effect or may result in mild to violent disturb...

We present the results of a study on myiasis in Panama during the first years of a Cochliomyia hominivorax eradication program (1998-2005), with the aim of investigating the behavior of the flies that produce myiasis in animals and human beings. The hosts that registered positive for myiasis were cattle (46.4%), dogs (15.3%), humans (14.7%), birds (12%), pigs (6%), horses (4%), and sheep (1%). ...

Highand low-speed rotary dental handpieces have been used for a long time in restorative dentistry for cavity preparation. However, problems inherent to conventional burs, such as noise, heat and vibration, have led to the development of new dental burs, such as the chemical vapor deposition diamond-coated bur. Its advantages are many, such as less noise, less pain for the patient, precise cutt...

Myiasis, infestation of live human and vertebrate animals by larvae, can complicate ulcers and open wounds. Although myiasis occurs in neglected erosions of pemphigus, such a complication is not documented in the literature. Herein, we report a case of myiasis complicating pemphigus vulgaris and describe its dermatoscopic features.

background. improving the implantation conditions in order to reduce the failure is always desirable for researchers. the aim of this study was to compare two different types of dental implant materials from biomechnical viewpoint in order to introduce a novel simulation method to select suitable materials for dental implants. methods. in this research, drilling process was performed in the cor...

We report a case of human intestinal myiasis in a 41-yr-old female patient presented at a clinic in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia. Larvae passed out in the patient's feces were sent to the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. DNA barcoding confirmed the second case of intestinal myiasis in Malaysia involving the larvae of Clogmia al...

The occurrence and public health significance of cutaneous myiasis were investigated in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria between June and September, 1981. The findings indicated that human myiasis caused by the maggot of African tumbu-fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga was relatively common and constituted potential public health problems in the affected parts of the state capital. The importance of ani...

introduction wound myiasis is one of the common types of myiasis that demonstrates obligatory parasitic behavior. case presentation a 62-year-old homeless man presented with an abnormally growing and ruptured neck mass containing worms. he had wound myiasis caused by the larva of lucilia sericata in his previously punctured neck. discussion lucilia sericata can cause both facultative and obliga...