Dunning sits about two and a half miles west of our office, and W Belmont Ave connects the two. Drive east on Belmont and you're here in six to ten minutes in normal traffic. Emergency patients are seen the same day, weekdays from 7:00 AM. Call (773) 555-0199 before you start the car and we hold a time for you.
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 Dunning?
About two and a half road miles. The office is at 5841 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60634, on the north side of W Belmont Ave between N Central Ave and N Austin Ave in Belmont Cragin. Dunning covers the 60634, 60635 and 60656 zip codes, and from most of it the drive is six to ten minutes.
Schorsch Village, along Belmont near Narragansett and Harlem, is the closest part of Dunning to us. Stay on Belmont heading east and you arrive without a single turn. From the Harlem Irving Plaza, the HIP at Harlem and Irving Park, you're at the far end of the range. From Wilbur Wright College at Narragansett and Montrose, Narragansett runs straight south to Belmont.
The Dunning Read Natural Area and Forest Preserve Drive are the farthest corner; add a couple of minutes from there.
Same-day emergency dental care for Dunning patients
We're open 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Same-day emergency slots are held at 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM each weekday. Call at 7:00 AM and the front desk books you into one. Call after 1:00 PM and we may be able to see you later that day by appointment. Otherwise you get the first opening the next morning.
Walk-ins aren't accepted. Make the call before the drive; it's what makes the chair yours when you arrive.
Everything happens in our office with our dentists: the exam, the panoramic X-ray and, when the diagnosis allows it, the treatment itself. That includes emergency tooth extraction, broken or chipped tooth repair, abscess and gum infection treatment and emergency denture repair. Bring whatever insurance card you have, plus the names of any medications you take.
What an emergency dental visit costs for Dunning patients
The emergency exam, consultation and panoramic X-ray cost $99. Any treatment is priced separately and quoted to you in writing before any work starts. Nothing begins until you've said yes to a number.
We work with most PPO plans, many Medicare dental plans and selected HMO plans. If your plan is one of ours, the exam and X-ray are billed to your plan. CareCredit, Cherry, Sunbit, Eve Financial and Proceed financing are available for treatment. The cost and insurance page has the plan list.
Getting here from Dunning
- From Schorsch Village and anywhere along Belmont: east on W Belmont Ave. You cross Narragansett, then Austin; the office is on the north side before Central. Parking on site.
- From Wilbur Wright College or the Montrose area: N Narragansett Ave south to W Belmont Ave, then east.
- From the HIP and Harlem and Irving Park: W Irving Park Rd east to N Narragansett Ave, south to Belmont, then east. Or N Oak Park Ave south to Belmont, then east.
- By bus: the CTA 77 Belmont bus runs along W Belmont Ave through Dunning and stops near our office. On a January morning, dress for the wait at the stop.
After hours for Dunning patients
The office closes at 1:00 PM on weekdays, and we aren't in on Saturday or Sunday. The phone stays on. Call (773) 555-0199 whenever the pain starts; a human being answers, asks a few questions and pencils you into the earliest opening, 7:00 AM the next business morning. A Saturday call gets you Monday at 7:00 AM. Managing pain and swelling until then is the subject of the weekend and after-hours page.
Don't wait for us if swelling has moved up toward the eye or down past the jawline, if swallowing or breathing is getting hard, or if the jaw took a hard hit. Go to an emergency room now. Community First Medical Center at Addison and Central is the nearest, a mile or so north on Central from our block. Hospitals treat spreading infection and injuries; they generally don't treat the tooth itself. Fixing the tooth is our job, the next weekday morning.
Emergency dental services for Dunning families
A toothache that's been getting worse all week is X-rayed, diagnosed and treated at its cause. A knocked-out tooth from a game at Shabbona Park or a fall on the ice outside Dever Elementary goes in milk, not a napkin, and comes to us within the hour. A Wilbur Wright student with wisdom tooth pain gets seen that day, and wisdom tooth extraction, simple or surgical, is done here. A lost crown is re-cemented when the tooth is sound, or remade when it isn't. Swollen or bleeding gums and loose teeth get emergency gum treatment.
Dunning is one of eight neighborhoods on our service area page; it's the westernmost one inside the city.
Frequently asked questions
I'm a student at Wilbur Wright College. Can I come between classes?
Yes, if your gap lines up with our hours. We're open 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM on weekdays, with emergency slots at 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Narragansett runs straight south from the college to Belmont, then it's a few minutes east. Call first and we hold the slot.
How long is the drive from the Harlem Irving Plaza area?
Plan on the upper end of six to ten minutes. From the HIP, take Irving Park east to Narragansett, south to Belmont, then east to our office between Austin and Central. Call (773) 555-0199 before you leave so your time is held however the lights go.
Is the 77 Belmont bus a reasonable way to get to you from Dunning?
It is. The 77 runs along W Belmont Ave the whole way from Dunning to our block, and the stop is a short walk from the door. Check the schedule, leave a cushion in winter, and phone ahead; without that call there's no slot waiting, since we don't take walk-ins.