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15 maggots removed from 10-year-old girl's gums

Shocked Ana Cardoso, 10, 'felt something moving' inside her mouth and was diagnosed with a rare fly lava maggot infection

A schoolgirl who went to the dentist with swollen gums was horrified when 15 maggots were removed from her mouth.

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