Dental nightmare: Dentist finds maggots between patient's teeth

Could this be dentists' worst nightmares? Photo / 123rf

WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES

This is the revolting moment an unfortunate dentist came face-to-face with a mouth infested by maggots.

In the gruesome clip, the slimy insects, usually found in rotting meat, can be seen wriggling about in the patient's mouth.

The dentist tugs the patient's bottom lip to reveal the squirming infestation.

Her yellow, rotting teeth protrude past her eroded gums - an obvious sign of poor oral hygiene, strongly linked to oral myiasis, the MailOnline reported.

The clip, suspected to have been shot in India, was posted to LiveLeak.

Insects seen swarming

The unnamed patient, connected to some form of tube, can be heard breathing heavily in the 56-second long clip.

As her top lip is also pulled away, the true extent of her infestation is revealed as the insects can be seen swarming in her gums.

The woman appears to suffer from myiasis, which comes from the Latin words "myia" meaning fly and "iasis" meaning disease.

The flies' larvae can feed on the host's living or dead tissue, liquid body substance, or ingested food.

In the gruesome clip, the slimy insects, usually found in rotting meat, can be seen wriggling about in the patient's mouth. Photo / Liveleak

Those at risk of the rare condition include those from poorer social backgrounds and people who have suffered wounds or other injury to the face.

It is also more common in regions with a warmer climate.

Infestations of the nose and ears are dangerous because of the possibility of penetration into the brain, when the fatality rate is 8 per cent.

Tingling sensation

The clip comes after a horrific footage released in March 2015 showed a young girl whose gums were infested by a dozens maggots.

Ana Cardoso, 10, had been taken to the clinic in Brazil after complaining of a tingling sensation in her gums and things "moving around".