Girl Felt Odd 'Tingling' In Her Mouth. Dentists Had To Film What Came Out Of It

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Adriana Cardoso thought her daughter was joking when she said she felt like there was "something moving around" inside her mouth. A few days later, the mother of the ten year old found out it was much more serious. She was horrified to learn that it was a horrific oral condition that produced the most shocking extraction the dentist had ever encountered.

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The very rare diagnosis from an amazed Brazilian dentist turned out to be 'Oral myiasis', meaning an infection of fly larvae (maggots) inside the 10-year-old girl's gums, according to a March 2015 report.

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"There were 15 maggots in her mouth, so we videoed the removal for our records as it is a rare occurrence," a spokesman for the dental clinic said, according to Medical Daily. "We also wanted to show the girl's family what had happened and warn others."

Cardoso said daughter Ana had complained for a few days about the pain and the odd "tingling" feeling and decided a trip to the dentist was overdue.

"I know my daughter and she is not one to make up stories or lie, so eventually I took her to see a dentist," Cardoso explains. "I couldn't believe it when they said she had a disease and then started pulling the maggots out."

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that myiasis occurs usually in tropical and subtropical areas, noting that "people traveling with untreated and open wounds are more at risk for getting myiasis."