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SURAT: Toothache post Covid-19 recovery may better be checked at once. For dentists warn that it can be mucormycosis (MM), which even they have been witnessing for the first time.
After MM starts with sinusitis, the fungus severely damages eyes and the surrounding organs. But recent cases have shown how damaging it can be for the jaws too.
Mucormycosis infection
Due to the fast and severe spread of the infection, ENT surgeons in the city had to remove half of the jaw and teeth of a patient who recently recovered from Covid infection.
If MM infection starts spreading in the lower part of the face, the patient will suffer toothache which will lead to tooth mobility in just one day, dentists said.