[In Europe Hungary has the highest prevalence of oral cancer and mortality. That aforementioned case draws attention to the importance of oral screening tests because these types of tumors can be cured easily if we catch them in time. Stomato-oncology screening tests are one of the most painless and easiest examinations considering that it can be effectively done by non-professionals and healthcare workers outside of dentistry. This gives us the opportunity to filter out tumors in early states. This summary publication demonstrates the steps of extra- and intraoral examination and escalates to noticing periodontal deseases and oral cancer.]

[To objectify the positive effect of individualized oral hygiene patient education on the condition of patients suffering from periodontal disease. Also to draw attention to the effectiveness and necessity of patient education in order to motivate the nurse and dental hygienist colleagues to implement individual patient education in practice.

Instrumental measurement-based impact assessment within a focus group with periodontal disease, observing the differences between the condition of patients who received patient education (n=108) and patients who did not received patient education (n=113).

Individual patient education is effective, individual patient compliance is higher and periodontal disease status shows a significantly greater improvement in patients who participated in individual patient education.

 The education carried out by clinical dental hygienists can effectively improve the oral health of periodontal patients, thus reducing the disease burden and decreasing the periodontal disease risk effect on the development of other disease affecting the entire human body.]

[Drug use is still on the rise today, with designer drugs being particularly dangerous. In addition to the general effects on the body, we must also mention the negative effects on the oral cavity. Many people do not realise that oral health can also be at risk, although oral lesions can develop as a result of poor oral hygiene, infections or neurological symptoms caused by the way in which the drug is used, or even by the way in which it is taken. In addition to dental caries, it is important to mention oral infections, tooth wear, or even Kaposi’s sarcoma due to possible HIV infection. Recognition of these oral lesions and of illegal drug use is not only a task for dental professionals, but also for the whole health care system.]

[The purpose of the study is to investigate the quality of life of young adults in relation to oral health and how smoking affects this. The aim is to explore the differences in oral health-related quality of life between smokers, non-smokers, and quitters in a given age group.

The survey was conducted using a self-designed online questionnaire that included the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire. The survey was conducted from May 01 to June 30, 2023, using a nonrandom sampling method that relied on easily accessible subjects. Data were processed and analysed using IBM SPSS 20.0 statistical software, descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearman’s rank correlation analysis (p<0.05). 

Based on the 317 assessable responses, smokers had a higher average OHIP-14 total score than non-smokers and quitters, but there were no significant differences in oral health-related quality of life between the groups (p=0.540). Four self-reported questions were added to the OHIP-14 questionnaire: dissatisfied with the colour of their teeth; afraid of communicating with others without seeing their teeth being seen; afraid of having a serious oral problem; afraid of losing their teeth. These issues are highly correlated with the OHIP-14 questionnaire and fear of oral lesions appears to be present among smokers.

Young adults do not yet show a significant deterioration in oral quality of life due to smoking, but additional questions are worth considering to assess the quality of life in smokers.]

Acute oropharyngeal palsy is a rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome. In our study we present the case of a 63-year-old man with general symptoms who was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis and prescribed insulin therapy. Two weeks later, the patient complained of paraesthesia of the perioral region and the tip of the tongue, dysphagia, and dysarthria. These symptoms were initially thought to be complications of the patient’s type-1 diabetes. Due to rapidly developing paraparesis, the patient became bedridden. Clinical symptoms, cerebrospinal fluid analysis and a nerve conduction study resulted in a diagnosis of acute oropharyngeal palsy, a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome. After five consecutive days of intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, neurological symptoms improved and the need for insulin ceased. One year later, the patient’s only remaining neurological symptom was loss of tendon reflexes in the lower extremities. Furthermore, the patient’s blood glucose level was normal without the use of medications or a special diet. Here, we report that oropharyngeal palsy can co-occur with diabetic ketoacidosis, and that immuntherapy is effective in treating both oropharyngeal palsy and type-1 diabetes. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a patient presenting with acut oropharyngeal palsy concomitant with diabetic ketoacidosis.