Dr Dora Zsofia Nagy qualified as a Doctor of Dental Medicine in 2014 at the Semmelweis University, Faculty of Dentistry, Budapest, Hungary. During her undergraduate studies, she completed part of her training at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Since obtaining her degree, she has been working at the Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics of Semmelweis University, where she is engaged in both paediatric dentistry and orthodontics. In addition to her clinical and research activities, she is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Hungarian, English and German.
Her principal research interests focus on preventive dentistry, early childhood caries, caries risk assessment and molar–incisor hypomineralisation (MIH). As a co-author, she contributed to the chapter entitled “Modern Caries Diagnostics” in the Hungarian university textbook Paediatric and Adolescent Dentistry, published in 2023. She is a regular participant and invited speaker at national and international conferences and continuing professional development courses in paediatric dentistry and orthodontics.
Dr Nagy holds advanced certified proficiency in English (Cambridge Proficiency, C2) and German (ECL, C1).
Dental Caries in Patients with Special Health Care Needs.
Patients with special health care needs (SHCN) constitute a growing and heterogeneous population experiencing substantial inequalities in oral health and access to dental care. Epidemiological evidence consistently demonstrates a higher caries burden and greater unmet treatment needs in SHCN compared with the general population. This lecture will summarize current knowledge on caries epidemiology and risk determinants in SHCN and discuss preventive and clinical care considerations within a caries-focused framework.