From most of Culver City, our office at Sepulveda and National is a ten-to-fifteen-minute drive, straight up Sepulveda or across on National. Call (424) 722-6124 and we'll hold you a same-day emergency appointment, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with the exam, X-rays, and treatment all happening at that one stop.
The $89 covers the emergency exam and diagnostic X-rays. Treatment is priced separately and quoted to you in writing before any work starts.
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How far is our office from Culver City?
Culver City is long and narrow, so it depends which Culver City you mean. From downtown, the Culver Steps and the blocks around the Culver Hotel, it's about two and a half miles: National Blvd northwest, or Washington to Sepulveda and north. Call it ten to twelve minutes. From the Sony Pictures side on Washington Blvd, much the same. From the southern stretch near Westfield Culver City at Sepulveda and Slauson, it's a straight shot north on Sepulveda, fifteen minutes when traffic behaves.
The route matters less than the habit: from Culver City, surface streets nearly always beat the 405 for this trip, and Sepulveda runs door to door.
Same-day emergency dental care for Culver City patients
Culver City has no shortage of dental offices; what's scarcer is a same-day chair when a molar cracks at lunch. That's the specific thing we built for. Call first, get a held time, and be treated by our dentists in our own office:
- Toothache diagnosis and relief with the cause shown on the X-ray
- Emergency extractions, simple and surgical, in-house
- Emergency root canals to save infected teeth
- Broken and chipped tooth repair, crowns included
The one-office model is deliberate. During an emergency, "we'll refer you out" means another phone tree, another intake form, another week. Here the diagnosis and the fix share an address.
What an emergency dental visit costs for Culver City patients
Every visit starts at $89 for the exam and diagnostic X-rays. The dentist then quotes your treatment in writing, before work starts, and you decide. We accept most major PPO plans, including MetLife, Guardian, Delta Dental PPO, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, and Prudential; financing options are available. The cost and insurance page walks through the whole model, including why we refuse to publish made-up treatment prices online.
Getting here from Culver City
- From downtown Culver City / the Culver Steps: National Blvd northwest to the Sepulveda corner, or Culver to Washington to Sepulveda north. Ten to twelve minutes.
- From the Sony Pictures area (Washington Blvd): Washington west to Sepulveda, then north past Venice and Palms to National.
- From Westfield Culver City (Sepulveda and Slauson): Sepulveda north, one road the whole way, about fifteen minutes.
- From the Culver City E Line station: one option is the train two stops west to Expo/Sepulveda, then a half-mile walk south; driving is usually faster.
We're in the large shopping center at Sepulveda and National, the one with a CVS in it. Free parking in the lot, ground-floor suite.
After hours: what Culver City callers should know
The office closes at 6:00 PM on weekdays and is closed weekends. The phone never is: a real person answers (424) 722-6124 around the clock, takes your information, and holds you the first opening, usually the next business morning at 9:00 AM. If you're weighing whether something can wait, the weekend and after-hours page gives the honest sorting: what keeps until Monday with home care, and the short list of symptoms that should send you to an ER tonight.
Frequently asked questions from Culver City patients
Why drive out of Culver City when there are dentists here?
If your regular Culver City dentist can see you today, go; continuity with your own dentist is worth a lot. The gap we fill is the day they can't: the cracked tooth on a Friday, the abscess during their vacation week, the practice that books emergencies "a week out Thursday". Same-day capacity is the entire design of this office, and ten minutes up Sepulveda is a small price for today instead of next week.
Can I be seen on my lunch break from the studio side?
Often, yes. Call in the morning, take a midday held time, and the drive from the Washington Blvd corridor is about ten minutes each way. Whether you're back within an hour depends on what the tooth needs: an exam and X-rays are quick, while an extraction or root canal deserves an unhurried block. The person on the phone will be straight with you about which you're facing.
Do you take the insurance from my studio or tech employer?
We accept most major PPO plans, including MetLife, Guardian, Delta Dental PPO, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, and Prudential, which covers the bulk of employer dental plans on the Westside. Check the card in your wallet, or read it to the person who answers, and see the service area page for the rest of our coverage map.