title: Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: time to wake up.
abstract: Pediatric patients with well-controlled OSA present few difficulties for routine dental treatment. However, patients with untreated or undiagnosed OSA can present the dental practitioner with multiple issues and challenges. Dental professionals have a unique doctor-patient relationship that affords them a role in recognizing sleep disorders by exploring the history of patients who are sleepy.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This paper is aimed at providing comprehensive review of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. How to cite this article: Arali V, Namineni S, Sampath Ch, Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Time to Wake Up. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2012;5(1):54-60.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Sri Sai College of Dental Sciences, Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India e-mail: arali.veena@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Veena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arali
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sri Sai College of Dental Sciences, Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Srinivas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Namineni
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry Sri Sai College of Dental Sciences, Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Sampath