If you live in Palms, we're not "near" your neighborhood, we're in it: the office sits at the Sepulveda and National corner on Palms' western edge, five to ten minutes from anywhere in the 90034. Call (424) 722-6124 and we'll hold you a same-day appointment, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
The $89 covers the emergency exam and diagnostic X-rays. Treatment is priced separately and quoted to you in writing before any work starts.
Same-day appointments · $89 exam + X-rays · Phones answered 24/7 · Se habla español
How far is our office from Palms?
For most of Palms, the honest answer is "closer than your grocery store." From the apartments along Motor Ave, National Blvd runs straight to our corner in five minutes or so. From the eastern end near the Palms E Line station at National and Palms, it's about a mile of National Blvd westbound. Even the far corners of the neighborhood are inside ten minutes without touching a freeway, which in this part of LA is its own kind of luxury.
That proximity has a practical meaning during a dental emergency: you can call at 9:00 AM, take a mid-morning appointment, and be back home before lunch, having never merged onto the 405.
Same-day emergency dental care for Palms patients
Palms is a neighborhood of renters, students, and people whose week does not have a spare afternoon in it, and the office is set up accordingly. You call first, we hold a specific time, and the visit starts when you arrive. Every emergency service is handled in this office by our dentists:
- Toothache diagnosis and relief, the most common Palms call
- Emergency extractions, simple and surgical
- Root canals for infected nerves
- Broken tooth repair and lost fillings or crowns
Nothing gets referred across town. The X-ray, the diagnosis, the written price, and the treatment happen at the same address, usually in the same visit.
What an emergency dental visit costs for Palms patients
Every visit starts at $89 for the exam and diagnostic X-rays. After that, the dentist quotes your specific treatment in writing before any work begins, and you decide. We accept most major PPO plans, including MetLife, Guardian, Delta Dental PPO, Cigna, Aetna, Humana, and Prudential, and financing options are available. The full pricing model, including what we don't do (teaser prices, surprise fees), is on the cost and insurance page.
A lot of Palms patients are between jobs, between coverage, or on a student budget. Arriving without insurance changes nothing about the process: same $89 start, same written quote, same choice in your hands.
Getting here from Palms
- From Motor Ave and the central neighborhood: National Blvd west, straight to the Sepulveda corner. One road, a handful of signals.
- From the Palms E Line station area (National and Palms): National Blvd west about a mile; or ride one stop to Expo/Sepulveda and walk half a mile south.
- From the Venice Blvd side: Venice west to Sepulveda, then north to National.
- From Woodbine Park and the southern streets: any northbound street to National, then west.
We're in the large shopping center at the corner, the one with a CVS in it. Free parking in the lot, ground-floor suite, no elevator, no parking structure spiral.
After hours in Palms: the phone still works
The office closes at 6:00 PM and stays closed on weekends, and we're straightforward about that. The phone, though, is answered by a real person 24 hours a day. A Palms toothache at midnight gets a human voice, honest triage, and a held slot for the first opening, usually 9:00 AM the next business morning. The weekend and after-hours page covers what helps in the meantime and which symptoms should send you to an ER instead of waiting for any dentist.
Frequently asked questions from Palms patients
Can I walk over from the Palms station area without a car?
You can, though with a bad toothache we'd suggest the bus or a ride. From the Palms E Line station it's about a mile along National Blvd. By transit, one E Line stop to Expo/Sepulveda leaves a half-mile walk south on Sepulveda. Buses along National and Sepulveda stop near the corner, and drop-off at the shopping center lot is easy if a friend drives.
I'm a student renting in Palms with no dental insurance. What will this cost me?
The visit starts at $89 for the exam and X-rays, and then you get the price of your specific treatment in writing before deciding anything. No insurance required, and financing options are available for larger treatment. Call (424) 722-6124 and ask whatever money questions you have before booking; the person answering is used to them.
Do you have Spanish-speaking staff for Palms families?
Sí. Our staff speak Spanish during office hours, and the Spanish side of the site starts at /es/. The overnight answering service operates in English, but from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday, you can handle the whole visit in Spanish, from the phone call to the aftercare instructions.
How fast can I actually be seen from Palms?
Call at opening and you'll usually have a same-day time; with the drive being five to ten minutes, Palms patients often fill the earliest slots. The service area page shows how we cover the rest of the Westside, but Palms is the shortest trip on the list.