The Common Risk Factor Approach (CRFA) to Oral Health Promotion
CRFA in Action

The Rationale for Using the CRFA to Promote Oral Health

The common risk factors between general and oral health provide a rationale for dental health professionals to partner with community members to develop health promotion programs that will benefit a multitude of individuals. Dental health professionals provide oral care instruction and education to patients all the time. Although providing this information on a one-to-one basis is certainly beneficial, the challenge is to take that information to a wider community audience. A community health promotion program is a win-win for dental health providers as well as the recipients of the program. Dental health professionals have an opportunity to promote dentistry and the important position dentistry holds in the community, and the recipients are the beneficiaries of a wealth of health care information.