Abstract

Oral health is influenced by a variety of local and systemic factors. Oral cavity is exposed to a variety of viruses, bacteria and fungi. SARS-CoV-2 caused Corona virus disease (COVID) predisposes the affected individuals to immunocompromised state, thereby increasing the risk of other infections. Mucormycosis is now-a-days most commonly encountered fungal infection in the post COVID era. Diagnosis of such aggressive infections is based on co-relation of clinical signs and symptoms and radiographic features with histopathological diagnosis. Surgical debridement of the affected area is the first line of treatment. Prosthetic rehabilitation of the surgically resected area is the next step in the treatment of such fulminant infections in order to help restore form and function for the affected individual. The present case report focusses on treating this life-threatening fungal infection by surgical debridement with adjunctive anti-fungal therapy and prosthetic rehabilitation in a mucormycosis affected patient in order to restore form and function.

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