International Journal of Oral Health Sciences and Advances
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Sleep disorders in pediatric patients-An insight

  • Author:
  • Harmanpreet Kaur, Bhawanpreet Singh, Anshu Sharma1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 1 to 4

*Reader, Department of Periodontology, Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Hospital, Sriganganagar

**Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Maharaja Ganga Singh Dental College and Hospital, Sriganganagar

***Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, TMDCRC

1Address for Correspondence: Dr. Anshu Sharma, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, TMDCRC, Moradabad. Email: dranshul@hotmail.com

Online published on 10 July, 2014.

Abstract

Recognition of sleep disorders has been a challenge for dentist because of nureo psychiatric complexities. Many disorders such as sleep disordered breathing, occlusive breathing result due to underlying circadian pathology. Hence, knowledge of sleep disorders and underlying mechanisms is essential for dentist to recognize sleep associated disorders. Present review attempts to revisit the same in a simplified manner.

Keywords

Sleep Disorder, Syndrome, Disorder