One of our friends asked us to help out with a project to help the bee population in Minnesota. We’re happy to do it and will even add a bee house (not a hive, but a house) to our property. […]

For those people that have written about the lack of evidence that flossing is beneficial to a person’s dental health I have two things to say: 1. “Slow news day? When you explain the results of this study to me, […]

It is only recently that the link between dry mouth, caused by medications, including anti-depressants, and tooth decay / gum disease has been more widely known by the general public. However, people that have experience depression have known for a […]

 Be assured that every time Dr Amble inspects the soft tissues of the mouth , [ tongue and  inside cheeks]  he is carefully checking for a variety of possible oral lesions. Some of these variations from normal may simply be […]

Have you ever wondered why Dr. Amble carefully examines your tongue during every periodic exam? Oral cancer is most commonly found at the base and back lateral (side) borders of the tongue. He also examines your hard and soft palates […]

Dr. Amble and the hygienists at Grand Avenue Dental get that question quite often. The truth is that whitening toothpastes do not make your teeth whiter, but they can make your teeth appear whiter. Whitening toothpastes, along with non-whitening toothpastes, […]

I read a great article in the January 2014 issue of AGD Impact called “Damaging Diets, How Weight Loss Fads and Popular Health Drinks Can Hurt Teeth” written by Claire Altschuler. The magazine was kind enough to send me a […]

Have you heard the old adage “just enough information to be dangerous”? Well, sometimes a little bit of mis-information can be even worse. If you are looking for a couple of well respected health related sites for questions about disease, […]