title: [Oral care delivery and top-class sports. Relationships according to dentists who are top-class sportsmen].
abstract: The aim of this qualitative study was to determine the opinions of eight top-class sports dentists, two women and six men, about the possible relationship between their performance of top-class sports and their oral care delivery as a general practitioner. Seven of the eight dentists interviewed, indicated a connection between their performance of top-class sports and their oral care delivery. In particular, it concerns aspects as working very disciplined and systemicly, the pursuit of perfection, having the capability to concentrate very much, and working with an achievement-oriented attitude, such as the repeated search for challenges and always being active in exercising. Furthermore, some dentists interviewed stated that in delivering oral care, on the one hand they are trying to back frontiers, and on the other hand they have experienced their limitations. In the discussion, the questions are pointed out how quality of oral care delivery can be assessed, if there is any top-class oral care, and if so, which the personal characteristics are of dentists delivering this top-class care.
authors.affiliation: Uit de sectie Sociale Tandheelkunde en Voorlichtingskunde van het Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam. maj.eijkman@wanadoo.nl
authors.forename: M A J
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Eijkman
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003729:Dental Care; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists'; D024382:Professional Role; D013177:Sports