Management of Covid Associated Mucormycosis of Mandible: A Mountain Beneath a Molehill—A Lesson Learnt

Saubhik Dasukil1, Kiran Kumar Boyina2, Saurav Sarkar3, Vinaykumar Hallur4, Anindya Nayak3, Abhijeet Kumar Mishra3, K. V. Aswathi3, Chappity Preetam3, Pradipta Kumar Parida3
1Department of Dentistry, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India
2Department of TEM, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India
3Department of ENT and HNS, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India
4Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India

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