The Tooth Won’t Let You Sleep.
Get Answers Before It Gets Worse.
If you are in Arlington with severe tooth pain, swelling, infection, a broken tooth, wisdom tooth pressure, or a tooth that may need extraction, waiting can make the problem harder to treat. Prime Emergency Dental is open daily in Edmonds from 9AM–8PM, focused only on urgent dental problems, with Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available when clinically appropriate and cost reviewed before treatment begins.
For Arlington patients, the drive is not always the biggest problem — waiting is. If the tooth is infected, cracked, swollen, or keeping you awake, a direct urgent visit can be more useful than calling around for a future appointment.
When Pain Is Serious,
Availability Matters More Than Distance.
If you are in Arlington with facial swelling, throbbing pain, a broken tooth, or a tooth that may need removal, the question is not only “who is closest?” The better question is: who is open, focused on urgent dentistry, and able to give you a real plan today?
We are located at 22315 Highway 99, Suite G in Edmonds. Parking is directly in front. Call ahead while you are coming down so our team can prepare for your situation.
Urgent Dental Problems
Worth Driving Down For
Arlington patients usually make the drive when the problem is too painful, too swollen, too broken, or too urgent to wait for a routine appointment.
Severe Toothache
Throbbing pain, nerve pain, pressure, or pain that keeps you awake needs a real diagnosis — not just more medication.
Tooth Abscess & Infection
Facial swelling, pus, fever, bad taste, or a gum bump may signal infection. We evaluate, drain when needed, and treat the source when appropriate.
Broken or Cracked Tooth
A broken tooth can expose the nerve or split deeper with each bite. We assess whether it can be stabilized, repaired, treated, or removed.
Urgent Extraction
Severely infected, broken, or non-restorable teeth may need removal. Simple, surgical, and many wisdom tooth cases can often be handled in-office.
Wisdom Tooth Pain
Impacted or partially erupted wisdom teeth can cause swelling, jaw pain, infection, or difficulty opening. We evaluate urgent cases quickly.
Lost Crown or Filling
An exposed tooth can become sensitive, painful, or infected if left unprotected. We evaluate and protect the tooth when possible.
The Tooth Does Not Care
How Far Away You Live.
Waiting Can Turn a Direct Visit Into a Bigger Problem
Arlington patients often try to tough it out because the drive feels inconvenient. But dental infections, cracks, swelling, and nerve pain often worsen under the surface. A tooth that has options today may become harder to save later. A small infection can spread. A broken tooth can split. The goal is not to panic — the goal is to act before the problem becomes more painful, more complicated, and more expensive.
Dental infection can spread into bone, gums, face, or nearby teeth
A crack can deepen and change a restorable tooth into an extraction
Severe swelling near the throat or neck can become a medical emergency
Earlier treatment is often simpler than waiting until the problem escalates
Antibiotics Are Not Automatic.
The Tooth Still Needs a Diagnosis.
Many patients hope antibiotics or pain pills will make the problem go away. Sometimes medication is appropriate, but medication alone often does not fix the dental source.
ADA-Informed Guidance: Treat the Dental Source
American Dental Association guidance recommends dental treatment instead of relying on antibiotics for many tooth-related pain and localized swelling situations when dental treatment is available. Antibiotics may be needed for certain infections, spreading swelling, fever, or other medical concerns — but they are not a substitute for an exam, X-rays, diagnosis, and treatment of the source.
Pain Pills Can Mask Symptoms
Ibuprofen, acetaminophen, or other medicine may reduce pain temporarily, but the tooth can continue breaking down underneath.
Antibiotics Do Not Repair Teeth
Antibiotics do not remove decay, seal a crack, restore lost tooth structure, or eliminate a dead nerve inside the tooth.
Treatment Targets the Cause
The real solution may be drainage, root canal treatment, extraction, repair, or another procedure based on the diagnosis.
Some Symptoms Need Immediate Help
Trouble breathing or swallowing, swelling into the throat or neck, severe fever, or rapidly worsening symptoms should be evaluated medically right away.
You found us because something hurts. Call now before driving down so we can prepare for your urgent dental problem.
Built for Dental Pain,
Not Routine Scheduling.
Prime Emergency Dental is not built around routine cleanings or months-out appointments. Our doctors and team are prepared for urgent dental problems where patients need answers, options, and treatment direction today.
Urgent Dental Focus
Our team handles painful, high-pressure dental situations every day — severe tooth pain, swelling, infection, broken teeth, and urgent extractions.
Clear Diagnosis
We take X-rays, explain what is happening, and give you a direct plan instead of vague advice.
Same-Day Treatment Available
When clinically appropriate, treatment can often begin the same day instead of sending you home to wait.
Comfort-Focused Care
Numbing, pacing, and nitrous oxide/laughing gas are available when appropriate for anxious patients.
Driving Down Nervous?
Tell Us Before We Start.
Many patients delay care because they are anxious, embarrassed, or afraid treatment will hurt. We understand. We explain what is happening, review your options, review the cost before treatment, numb thoroughly, and move at a controlled pace. Nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas, is available for anxious or nervous patients when clinically appropriate.
😌 Laughing Gas Available
Nitrous oxide may help anxious patients feel calmer during treatment when appropriate for the patient and procedure.
🧊 Thorough Numbing
You should feel pressure, not sharp pain. If you feel sharp pain, we stop and add more anesthetic.
🗣️ No Shame, No Lecture
Whether you waited one day or several years, our focus is helping you now — not judging how you got here.
Not the Closest Office.
The More Useful One Today.
If a nearby office in Arlington can see and treat you today, that may work. But when local options are closed, booked, or unable to treat the source, our model is built for urgent dental decisions.
Urgent Dental Visits
No routine cleanings competing for the schedule. Our day is built around urgent dental problems.
Days a Week
Open daily from 9AM to 8PM, including weekends. Tooth pain does not wait for Monday.
Laughing Gas Available
Nitrous oxide is available for eligible anxious or nervous patients when clinically appropriate.
Google Rating
100+ Google reviews from patients who needed urgent dental help and clear answers fast.
to Edmonds
Open Every Day
9AM–8PM
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Arlington to Edmonds —
Your Visit, Step by Step
From the moment you call to the moment you leave with a clear plan, the visit is designed to get answers fast.
Call Ahead or Book Online
Call (425) 864-7600 before you leave Arlington, or book online anytime. Calling ahead helps our team prepare for your situation. Walk-ins are also welcome during office hours.
Arrive & Get Evaluated
Park right in front of our Highway 99 clinic. We take digital X-rays, examine the tooth, and identify what is causing the pain, swelling, fracture, or infection.
Diagnosis, Options & Cost Upfront
The doctor explains what is happening, what your treatment options are, and what the cost is before anything begins. You make the decision with full information.
Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available
If treatment is clinically appropriate and you choose to proceed, we can often handle it the same visit. You leave with instructions, prescriptions if needed, and clear next steps.
North Snohomish County’s
Urgent Dental Backup Plan.
Arlington patients often face a simple problem: when a painful tooth problem happens on a weekend, holiday, or late in the day, nearby routine dental offices may not be able to treat the problem today.
Prime Emergency Dental is about 35 miles from Arlington, with a direct route to our Edmonds Highway 99 clinic. We regularly see patients from Arlington, Marysville, Smokey Point, Stanwood, Granite Falls, Darrington, and surrounding North Snohomish County communities.
If you have a severe toothache, broken tooth, abscess, swelling, wisdom tooth pain, or need an urgent extraction, we are built for exactly that.
“The dentist went above and beyond to accommodate me last minute... my pain was being prioritized.” — Kirsten Bennett
Do not drive around calling closed offices. Call now, walk in during open hours, or book online for the earliest available urgent visit.
Before You Come In,
Common Questions
What Arlington-area patients ask before making the drive for urgent dental help.
We are located at 22315 Highway 99, Suite G in Edmonds — about 35 miles from Arlington, depending on your exact starting point. Parking is directly in front of the clinic.
If a nearby dentist can evaluate and treat you today, that may work. But if local offices are closed, booked out, or only offering a future appointment, the drive can be worth it because we focus on urgent dental problems and Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available when clinically appropriate.
Yes. Walk-ins are welcome during office hours. Calling ahead at (425) 864-7600 while coming from Arlington helps our team prepare for your arrival, but you can also book online anytime.
In many cases, yes. After your exam and X-rays, we explain the diagnosis, options, and cost. If treatment is clinically appropriate and you choose to proceed, Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available for many urgent dental problems.
Sometimes medication is appropriate, but antibiotics and pain medicine alone often do not fix the dental source. Pain pills may temporarily reduce symptoms, and antibiotics may be needed for certain infections, but they do not repair a cracked tooth, remove decay, drain an abscess, treat an infected nerve, or remove a non-restorable tooth. We evaluate first, then explain whether medication, treatment, or both are appropriate.
No. We are a fee-for-service office and see patients with or without insurance. We provide transparent pricing before treatment begins and accept Cherry, CareCredit, and Proceed Finance. We can also provide documentation you may submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Yes. Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is available when clinically appropriate. If you are nervous, anxious, or have been avoiding dental treatment because of fear, let us know when you call or arrive.
If you have swelling spreading into your neck, trouble breathing, trouble swallowing, uncontrolled bleeding, serious facial trauma, or a high fever, go to the nearest ER or call 911 immediately. For dental pain, broken teeth, infection, or swelling without those red flags, call us at (425) 864-7600 for urgent dental help.
Patients Felt Heard,
Helped, and Prioritized.
"This place is the best! They’re sooo friendly and calming and helped with my pain. The dentist went above and beyond to accommodate me last minute and it was extremely refreshing to feel like my pain was being prioritized. Highly recommend"
— Kirsten Bennett"Dr. Chon, Destiny and Joy were so kind and helpful. I really appreciate their help at a time of great need. I highly recommend them especially in case of an emergency. Thank you very much! G. Hag."
— Grace C. Hager"My mother went in for an emergency dental procedure a couple days ago and Dr. Steve Chon took such amazing care of my mom. I cannot be more grateful! He was kind, gentle, friendly, cheerful, and extremely considerate."
— Jinshil YiDo Not Wait
Through Another Night.
Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available when clinically appropriate. Open daily 9AM–8PM, upfront pricing, financing available, and nitrous oxide/laughing gas available for anxious patients when appropriate.
Prime Emergency Dental · 22315 Highway 99, Suite G, Edmonds, WA 98026 · Open Daily · 9AM–8PM · About 35 Miles from Arlington