Our office is on W Belmont Ave between Central and Austin, inside Belmont Cragin. From most of the neighborhood that's about a mile, three to six minutes by car or a few stops on the 77 bus. Same-day emergency appointments run weekdays from 7:00 AM. Call (773) 555-0199 before you walk over, and a chair is set aside for you the moment you do.
The $99 covers an emergency exam, consultation and panoramic X-ray. Fees may be adjusted due to complications or unforeseen circumstances. Treatment is priced separately and quoted to you in writing before any work starts.
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How far is our office from Belmont Cragin?
We're in it. The address is 5841 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60634, on the north side of W Belmont Ave between N Central Ave to the east and N Austin Ave to the west. From anywhere in the 60634, 60639 or 60641 zip codes the trip is about a mile and three to six minutes in normal city traffic.
From the Belmont and Central shopping corridor, we're a few blocks west. From the Fullerton and Central corridor it's north on Central, then west on Belmont. From Riis Park at Fullerton and Narragansett, head east to Austin or Central, then north to Belmont.
The Portage-Cragin Branch Library is on W Belmont Ave too.
Same-day emergency dental care for Belmont Cragin patients
We open at 7:00 AM Monday through Friday and close at 1:00 PM. Each weekday we hold same-day emergency slots at 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Call when we open and the front desk puts you in one of them. Call after 1:00 PM and we may be able to see you later that day by appointment. If not, you get the first opening the next morning.
Walk-ins aren't accepted. Call first, even from two blocks away. That call is what keeps a chair open for you.
Spanish is no problem at our front desk between 7:00 AM and 1:00 PM, so a parent or grandparent can handle the entire call that way. The exam, the panoramic X-ray and, when the diagnosis allows it, the treatment happen in one visit with our dentists. Emergency tooth extraction, abscess and gum infection treatment, broken tooth repair and denture repair are all done here.
If you carry an insurance card, bring it, and bring your medication list too.
What an emergency dental visit costs for Belmont Cragin patients
The emergency exam, consultation and panoramic X-ray are $99. That buys the diagnosis: what's wrong and what the tooth needs. Treatment is a separate charge, quoted in writing before anything starts.
We work with most PPO plans, many Medicare dental plans and selected HMO plans. When yours is a plan we work with, the exam and X-ray are billed to your plan, and treatment can be spread out through CareCredit, Cherry, Sunbit, Eve Financial and Proceed financing. The cost and insurance page names every plan and lender.
Getting here from Belmont Cragin
- Along W Belmont Ave: we're on the north side of the street between Central and Austin. From the east, pass Central and watch for us before Austin. From the west, pass Austin first. Parking on site.
- From the Fullerton or Diversey corridors: north on N Central Ave or N Austin Ave to Belmont. From Central, turn west. From Austin, turn east.
- From the Grand Ave side, near the Chicago Police 25th District station: north on Central to Belmont, then west.
- By bus: the CTA 77 Belmont bus runs along W Belmont Ave and stops near us. The 85 Central bus runs on N Central Ave; get off at Belmont and walk west.
After hours for Belmont Cragin patients
Weekday hours end at 1:00 PM, and the doors stay shut Saturday and Sunday. The phone line never does. Dial (773) 555-0199 at 9:00 PM on a Tuesday or midway through a Sunday afternoon and a live person picks up, notes the problem and books you into the earliest slot, 7:00 AM on the next business morning. Phone over the weekend and that slot is Monday at 7:00 AM. For getting through the night in the meantime, read the weekend and after-hours page.
Some things can't wait for us. If swelling is creeping up toward the eye or sinking into the neck, if you're struggling to swallow or breathe, or if a fall or crash has hurt the jaw, you need an emergency room now. Community First Medical Center at Addison and Central is the closest, about a mile north on Central. Hospitals treat spreading infection and injuries; they generally don't treat the tooth itself. Once they've handled the urgent part, call us about the tooth.
Emergency dental services for Belmont Cragin families
A toothache that woke you at 3:00 AM gets X-rayed and diagnosed at the 8:00 AM slot and, if the diagnosis permits, treated before you leave. A knocked-out tooth from a pickup game at Hanson Park Stadium or a slip on an icy sidewalk should go in milk or be held in the cheek, not wrapped in a tissue, and be in our chair within the hour. Wisdom tooth pain in a teenager from Steinmetz College Prep or Prosser Career Academy gets looked at the same day, and when the tooth has to go, our dentists handle the wisdom tooth extraction in this same office. A lost crown is re-cemented when the tooth under it is sound.
Belmont Cragin heads the list of eight neighborhoods on our service area page, since it's the one we sit in.
Frequently asked questions
I live near Riis Park. Can I just walk over without calling?
Please phone first, even from across the street. Walk-ins aren't something we can fit in, and the call is what reserves your slot. From the Riis Park side of the neighborhood, head toward Belmont and Austin. By the time you park, the front desk has your name and knows what's hurting.
Can my mother call in Spanish?
Yes. Between 7:00 AM and 1:00 PM on weekdays, the people at our front desk speak Spanish and can handle everything from symptoms to directions in it. Later than that, the answering service writes down her details and reserves the earliest slot for her.
My tooth broke on a Saturday. What should I do?
Call us. Someone answers on weekends, hears you out and reserves Monday's 7:00 AM opening for you. Save any fragment you find, rinse with warm water, and if a jagged edge is scraping your tongue, press a dab of sugarless gum over the point. Our weekend page covers the rest.