Get ready for a doozy.

So my friend is a young dentist, just starting her practice. She went to school in a major US city, known for it’s poverty problems. A great deal of her clinical experience was gained in the inner city clinic the school ran.

A homeless man came in, complaining of tooth pain. His mouth was a mess, and she began to work on the prime offender tooth. When she realized it would have to come out, she proceeded with the extraction.

Upon removing the tooth, she found the cause of the problem, a giant hunk of rotting meat trapped under the decaying tooth, against the gumline.

As she removed the meat, a large amount of pus came bubbling out of the area, along with….

A LIVE MAGGOT!

~ I.