title: Evaluation of the relation between myopia and dental caries.
abstract: To evaluate more carefully the previously reported relation between myopia and dental caries, the refractive status and dental-caries experience of 196 high school students were evaluated. Statistical analysis was done by chi-square and computer-based multiple regression analysis. No statistically significant relation between the two conditions was found.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000407:Alabama; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000453:epidemiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013223:Statistics as Topic