title: Guest editorial.
abstract: At the start of this New Year, I would like to draw attention of pediatric dental fraternity at large toward Raven Maria Blanco Foundation, United States. This is a foundation established by parents of a young girl called Maria, who lost her life in pediatric dental Office, which was not prepared to handle an emergency arising from a procedural sedation for dental treatment. This is very heartening for any parent. It was so heart rending that Grammy award singer Michael Crawford popularly known as 'Magnedo7' penned a song called Raven's Song in her memory. This brings the focus on two important issues: sedation and emergency preparedness in our practices.(1.)
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Pioneer of Conscious Sedation Dentistry in India Course Director, Certificate Course in Sedation, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Sri Sai Dental College, Vikarabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
authors.forename: Srinivas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Namineni