One Tooth Can Wreck Your Sleep, Work, and Whole Day.
Get the Source Diagnosed Today.
When a tooth is throbbing, swollen, cracked, infected, or too painful to chew on, waiting another day can make the problem worse. Prime Emergency Dental helps Mill Creek patients get X-rays, clear answers, upfront cost review, and Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available when clinically appropriate.
If your tooth is keeping you awake, making it hard to eat, or causing swelling, do not treat it like a minor inconvenience. Pain medicine may quiet symptoms, but it will not fix the source.
Not a “Squeeze-In.”
A Visit Built Around the Problem Hurting You.
Mill Creek has strong routine dental options, but urgent pain needs a different workflow. Prime Emergency Dental is built for urgent dental visits — tooth pain, swelling, infection, broken teeth, urgent extractions, root canal pain, lost crowns, and wisdom tooth flare-ups.
Your visit is direct: exam, digital X-rays, diagnosis, treatment options, cost reviewed before treatment, and Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available when clinically appropriate. If you are nervous, embarrassed, or worried treatment will hurt, tell us right away.
Urgent Dental Problems
Mill Creek Patients Should Not Ignore
These are the problems where waiting for a routine appointment can turn a painful situation into a more complicated one.
Severe Toothache
Throbbing pain, nerve pain, pressure, or pain that wakes you up needs a diagnosis and treatment plan — not another night of guessing.
Tooth Abscess & Infection
Swelling, pus, gum bumps, fever, or bad taste can signal infection that needs prompt dental evaluation.
Broken or Cracked Tooth
A fractured tooth can worsen with chewing, expose the nerve, or become infected if left untreated.
Urgent Extraction
If a tooth is too damaged, infected, loose, or painful to save, same-day extraction is available when clinically appropriate.
Wisdom Tooth Emergency
Jaw pain, swelling, gum inflammation, pressure, or difficulty opening can come from an infected or impacted wisdom tooth.
Lost Crown or Filling
An exposed tooth can become sensitive, painful, or infected if it stays unprotected too long.
You found this page because something hurts. Call now before the pain, swelling, or infection gets harder to control.
Pain Medicine May Quiet It.
It Will Not Fix the Source.
A Tooth Problem Needs the Source Treated
Dental problems often progress quietly until they suddenly become painful. Once swelling, throbbing pain, biting pain, or a fracture starts, waiting can give bacteria more time to spread and the tooth more time to break down. Pain medication may reduce symptoms temporarily, but it does not remove infection, repair a crack, treat the nerve, drain an abscess, or stabilize the tooth.
Pain medication may mask symptoms but does not fix the tooth
Infection can spread into bone, gum tissue, face, or neighboring teeth
Swelling near the throat or neck can become a medical emergency
Earlier treatment is often simpler than waiting 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 today.
Focused on Urgent Dental Problems
We help patients with tooth pain, swelling, infection, broken teeth, wisdom tooth flare-ups, 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 keep suffering.
Comfort-Focused Care
Thorough numbing, controlled pacing, and nitrous oxide/laughing gas available when appropriate for anxious patients.
Nervous About Treatment?
We Slow It Down.
Many urgent dental patients are already anxious before they walk in. We explain what is happening, review your options and 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 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.
🗣️ Calm, Clear Communication
You will know what we see, what we recommend, what it costs, and what happens next before treatment begins.
A Clear Visit
From Pain to a Plan.
The visit is designed to be direct: find the source, explain the options, review the cost, and treat the problem when clinically appropriate.
Call Ahead, Walk In, or Book Online
Call (425) 864-7600, walk in during open hours, or book online for the earliest available visit. Calling ahead helps us prepare for your urgent dental problem.
Exam, Digital X-Rays & Diagnosis
We examine the problem area, take needed X-rays, and explain what appears to be causing the pain, swelling, fracture, or infection.
Upfront Treatment Plan & Cost
You receive clear treatment options and exact cost before treatment starts. No surprise treatment. No pressure. You decide.
Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available
Extractions, abscess care, broken tooth treatment, root canal treatment, and infection management can often be handled the same visit when clinically appropriate.
A Better Fit for
Urgent Dental Problems.
Mill Creek has strong routine dental options. Prime Emergency Dental is different: we are built for patients who need answers, pricing, and treatment options today.
Near Mill Creek
Convenient access toward Highway 99 and Edmonds, with free parking directly in front of the office.
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.
“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.” — Grace C. Hager
Do not close this page and keep hoping the pain goes away. Call before the tooth gets worse.
Before You Come In,
Common Questions
Everything you need before you call, walk in, or book online.
The cost depends on the exam, X-rays, and treatment needed and is always reviewed with you before treatment begins. You will not be surprised by treatment you did not agree to. Financing through Cherry, CareCredit, and Proceed Finance is available for eligible patients. We see patients with and without insurance.
Prime Emergency Dental is about 9–11 miles from Mill Creek, depending on your exact starting point and route. Our address is 22315 Highway 99, Suite G, Edmonds, WA 98026. Free parking is directly in front of the office.
If your regular dentist can diagnose and treat you today, that may be fine. The problem is availability. Many general dental offices are built around routine schedules. Prime Emergency Dental is built around urgent dental visits, same-day diagnosis, upfront cost review, and treatment 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.
In many cases, yes. After your exam and X-rays, we review your diagnosis, options, and exact cost. If treatment is clinically appropriate and you choose to proceed, Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available for many urgent dental problems.
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.
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 most tooth pain, broken teeth, abscesses, and extraction needs without those red flags, a dentist is usually needed to treat the dental source.
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 and Dr. Steve Chon took such amazing care of my mom. He was kind, gentle, friendly, cheerful, and extremely considerate. I cannot be more grateful!"
— Jinshil YiMill Creek —
Do Not Wait Through Another Night of Tooth Pain.
Same-Day Urgent Treatment Available near Mill Creek when clinically appropriate. Open 7 days, 9AM–8PM, with upfront pricing, nitrous/laughing gas available for anxious patients, and no referral needed.
Prime Emergency Dental · 22315 Highway 99, Suite G, Edmonds, WA 98026 · Open Daily 9AM–8PM · About 9–11 Miles from Mill Creek