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Usually the condition affects individuals who are debilitated, mentally challenged, and physically not able to attend to their personal needs because of lack of psychomotor coordination.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> This article describes two cases of orofacial myiasis reported at a rural dental school in India. Removal of the live maggots, supportive treatment, management of the cases, and morphologic features of maggots are described.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Both the patients belonged to a low socioeconomic group and were physically and mentally challenged. Maggot removal improved the patients\u2019 pain and distress, and entomologic study identified the maggots as belonging to <jats:italic>Chrysomya bezziana<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> Oral myiasis is more prevalent than commonly believed to be and an astute practitioner should be aware of such maggots in the mouth, in cases of oral and maxillofacial trauma and in vulnerable categories of patients. These patients are not physically or mentally endowed to ward off flies or complain about worms burrowing their way into oral wounds. 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