One Tooth Can Disrupt the Whole Household.
Get the Source Diagnosed Today.
School, work, sports, commuting, meals, and sleep do not pause for tooth pain. Prime Emergency Dental helps Lake Stevens patients with severe toothaches, swelling, infections, broken teeth, wisdom tooth flare-ups, root canal pain, and urgent extractions — with X-rays, diagnosis, upfront cost review, and Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available when clinically appropriate.
Lake Stevens patients should not have to spend the day calling routine offices while pain gets worse. If sleep is impossible, swelling is starting, chewing hurts, or a tooth broke, get the source diagnosed today.
The Drive Has One Purpose:
Find the Source and Treat It.
When a tooth is infected, swollen, fractured, or keeping you awake, the real question is not just distance — it is whether the office can diagnose the problem, explain your options, review the cost, and treat the source when clinically appropriate.
Prime Emergency Dental is built around urgent dental problems, not routine cleanings. Your visit is focused, direct, and designed for patients who need answers today. If you are nervous, embarrassed, or worried treatment will hurt, nitrous oxide/laughing gas is available when appropriate.
Urgent Dental Problems
Handled the Same Day When Appropriate
Whether it happens after school, after work, on the weekend, or right before an important family event, these are the urgent dental problems we evaluate and treat every day.
Severe Toothache
Pain that keeps you awake, stops you from eating, or makes it hard to function needs a diagnosis — not another night of guessing.
Tooth Abscess & Infection
Swelling, pus, gum bumps, fever, pressure, or bad taste can signal infection that should be evaluated promptly.
Broken or Cracked Tooth
Fractured teeth from sports, old fillings, accidents, or biting wrong can worsen quickly if left untreated.
Urgent Extraction
If a tooth is badly infected, broken, loose, or non-restorable, same-day extraction is available when clinically appropriate after diagnosis and consent.
Wisdom Tooth Flare-Up
Jaw pressure, swollen gums, pain behind the molars, bad taste, or difficulty opening can come from a wisdom tooth problem.
Lost Filling or Crown
An exposed tooth can become sensitive, painful, or infected. We evaluate the tooth and protect it when possible.
Coming from Lake Stevens? Call before you leave so our team can prepare for your tooth pain, swelling, broken tooth, or extraction need.
Pain Medicine May Quiet It.
It Will Not Fix the Source.
Dental Problems Rarely Respect Your Schedule
Lake Stevens families are busy, so dental pain often gets pushed aside until it becomes impossible to ignore. But infections can spread, cracks can deepen, swelling can move into surrounding tissue, and a broken tooth can become harder to save. The goal is not to panic — the goal is to get the tooth evaluated, understand the cost, and treat the source before the situation becomes more complicated.
Pain medication may mask symptoms but does not fix the tooth
Dental infection can spread into bone, gums, face, or neighboring teeth
Severe swelling near the throat or neck can become a medical emergency
Earlier treatment is often simpler than delaying until symptoms escalate
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.
Built for Dental Pain,
Not Routine Scheduling.
Prime Emergency Dental is not built around routine cleanings or months-out appointments. Our team is prepared for urgent dental problems where patients need answers, options, and treatment direction today.
Urgent Dental Focus
We focus on painful, high-pressure dental situations — tooth pain, infection, swelling, broken teeth, and urgent extractions.
Clear Diagnosis
We take X-rays, explain what is happening in plain language, 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
Thorough numbing, controlled pacing, and nitrous oxide/laughing gas available when appropriate for anxious patients.
Nervous, Embarrassed, or Scared?
Tell Us Before We Start.
Urgent dental patients often feel anxious because they are already in pain, embarrassed they waited, or worried treatment will hurt. We explain what is happening, numb thoroughly, and keep you in control. Nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas, is available for anxious or nervous patients when clinically appropriate.
😌 Laughing Gas Available
Nitrous oxide may help eligible anxious patients feel calmer during treatment when appropriate for the patient and procedure.
🧊 Thorough Numbing
Our goal is 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 solving the urgent problem in front of us today.
From Pain to a Plan —
Step by Step.
The visit is designed to be direct, efficient, and focused on solving the urgent dental problem: identify the source, explain your options, review cost, and treat when clinically appropriate.
Call Ahead, Walk In, or Book Online
Call (425) 864-7600 before you leave Lake Stevens, walk in during open hours, or book online for the earliest available visit.
Exam, Digital X-Rays & Diagnosis
We examine the painful area, take needed X-rays, and explain what appears to be causing the pain, swelling, fracture, or infection.
Upfront Treatment Plan & Cost
You receive treatment options and exact cost before treatment begins. No surprise treatment. No pressure. You decide.
Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available
Extractions, abscess care, root canal treatment, broken tooth care, and infection management can often be handled the same visit when clinically appropriate.
The Drive Makes Sense
When Treatment Can Happen Today.
Lake Stevens has routine dental offices. What many patients need during an urgent tooth problem is different: a focused visit, clear diagnosis, transparent cost, comfort options, and Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available when clinically appropriate.
Prime Emergency Dental serves Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Monroe, Granite Falls, Everett, Marysville, and surrounding eastern Snohomish County communities from our Edmonds office on Highway 99.
Nearby General Dentists Are for Routine Care.
This Is Different.
An urgent dental problem needs speed, clarity, and a treatment-ready workflow. That is the difference between waiting for an opening and getting a same-day plan.
Serving Lake Stevens
Focused urgent dental visit workflow from our Edmonds office, with free parking directly in front.
Days a Week
Open daily from 9AM to 8PM, including weekends and holidays.
Laughing Gas Available
Nitrous oxide is available for anxious or nervous patients when clinically appropriate.
Google Rating
100+ Google reviews from patients who needed urgent dental help and clear answers fast.
“The dentist went above and beyond to accommodate me last minute... my pain was being prioritized.” — Kirsten Bennett
Still hurting in Lake Stevens? Call during open hours or book online anytime.
Before You Come In,
Common Questions
Straight answers before making the drive to our Edmonds office.
Prime Emergency Dental is located at 22315 Highway 99, Suite G, Edmonds, WA 98026 — about 25 miles from Lake Stevens, depending on your exact starting point and route. Calling ahead at (425) 864-7600 helps us prepare for your arrival.
If a nearby dentist can evaluate and treat you today, that may work. But if local offices are closed, booked, or only offering a future appointment, the drive can make sense because we focus on urgent dental problems with Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available when clinically appropriate.
In many cases, yes. After your exam and X-rays, we review your diagnosis, treatment options, and exact cost. Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available for many urgent dental problems when clinically appropriate.
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 or spreading swelling, 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.
Yes, we evaluate urgent dental problems for children, teens, and adults. If a permanent tooth is knocked out, call immediately because timing is critical. Bring the tooth if you have it and avoid scrubbing the root.
Yes. Nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas, is available for anxious or nervous patients when clinically appropriate. Let us know when you call, book, or arrive so we can discuss whether it is a good option for your visit.
Yes. After your exam and X-rays, we review the recommended treatment and exact cost before beginning. You decide how to proceed with full information.
We are a fee-for-service office and see patients with and without insurance. Financing is available through Cherry, CareCredit, and Proceed Finance. We can also provide documentation you may submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Go to the ER or call 911 if you have trouble breathing, trouble swallowing, swelling spreading into the throat or neck, serious facial trauma, uncontrolled bleeding, or you feel severely ill. For dental pain, infection, swelling, broken teeth, or extraction needs without those red flags, call us for urgent dental help.
Patients Came In Hurting.
Here’s What They Said.
"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 YiLake Stevens —
Do Not Let One Tooth Derail the Day.
Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available for Lake Stevens patients when clinically appropriate. Open 7 days, 9AM–8PM, with upfront pricing and nitrous/laughing gas available for anxious patients when appropriate.
Prime Emergency Dental · 22315 Highway 99, Suite G, Edmonds, WA 98026 · Open Daily 9AM–8PM · About 25 Miles from Lake Stevens