If something in your mouth has just gone wrong in Addison, the useful part of this page is the next ten minutes: call (224) 520-8665 before you get in the car, so Dr. Henry Kim, DMD can tell you on the phone whether this is a today problem and whether a same-day slot is open. The office is 10 to 15 minutes west along Lake Street. If you are new to us, the $99 new-patient exam covers the exam and the X-rays that find the cause.
Two reasons. The first is the schedule: the office holds same-day slots for emergencies rather than booking the day solid, and a call confirms one is open before you drive. If the office genuinely cannot fit you in and you should not wait, you are told so and pointed somewhere that can, which beats finding out at the door.
The second is triage. A knocked-out adult tooth, spreading swelling, or pain that does not respond to over-the-counter relief moves to the front. A small chip with no pain, a lost filling that does not hurt, or a dull ache that comes and goes can often wait a day or two, and hearing that from a dentist is worth the call. Our emergency dentist page covers what we treat in general; this one is about the drive from Addison.
None of this replaces the visit. It keeps the tooth, or you, in the best shape for the drive.
The tooth in milk, the crown, the broken pieces, and a note of what pain relief you took and when, because it affects how the anesthetic is planned. Your insurance card if you have one; the visit does not depend on it. The call ahead is what gets the slot held, so make it before you set off.
A dentist for the tooth. An emergency room first when swelling is moving toward the eye or down under the jaw, when there is a fever alongside facial swelling, when swallowing or breathing feels hard, or after a serious blow to the jaw or head. A hospital can treat the infection or the injury; it cannot rebuild the tooth, so a dental chair is still in your future, and the order matters. When dental swelling calls for the ER lays out the warning signs in more detail.
Swelling with little pain is not reassuring. Pain is a poor guide: it can stop when pressure eases while the infection keeps spreading, so facial swelling gets a same-day call whether or not it hurts.
Worth asking whoever you call, us included.
No round-the-clock promise. The office holds same-day slots during the week and is open on alternating weekends. That is what is published and that is what you are told on the phone, including when the honest answer is that today is not possible here.
No diagnosis off a photo or a phone call. Triage on the phone decides how urgent it is. What is wrong is decided by the exam and the X-rays.
No work started before the price is in writing. Once the cause is found you get the options and what each costs, and you decide. Where it makes sense, the plan can be split into getting you out of pain today and restoring the tooth properly next visit.
No implant the day a tooth comes out. If a tooth cannot be saved, the socket heals first and replacing it is a separate conversation later.
New to the practice? The $99 new-patient exam pays for the exam and for the X-rays that find the cause. Treatment is quoted before it starts, never after. Most major insurance is accepted and benefits are checked ahead of treatment, and financing is available for larger work such as a root canal and crown.
Being in pain and being asked to make a decision is a bad combination in any language, and worse in a second one. The triage call, the diagnosis, the options and the price can all happen in Vietnamese, Korean or Spanish. Say which you prefer when you call.
From Addison, take Lake Street (US-20) west toward Bloomingdale and turn onto Bloomingdale Road, about 10 to 15 minutes from most Addison neighborhoods, without touching a tollway. The office is at 183 S. Bloomingdale Rd., Suite #102, Bloomingdale, IL 60108, just off Lake Street, with parking at the door.
Once the emergency is over, everyday care for Addison is on our Addison dentist page, and if the tooth could not be saved, dental implants for Addison covers replacing it once the socket has healed.
Dr. Henry Kim, DMD, 183 S. Bloomingdale Rd., Suite #102, Bloomingdale, IL 60108. The dentist who sees you on the emergency visit is the one who restores the tooth afterward, so nothing gets lost between the day you were in pain and the day it is fixed. Most of the people seen on an emergency day are new to the practice. Hours are Monday 9 to 6, Wednesday 9 to 6, Thursday 10 to 6 and alternating weekends, closed Tuesdays. More on the bio page and the new patients page.
4.8 stars across 126 Google reviews, including people who came in on a bad day. Two are below, exactly as written; the reviews page has the rest.
“Dr. Henry Kim did a fantastic job on my root canal! The staff are very kind and helpful. Highly recommend!”
Holly McNally, Google review
“My experience with Dr. Kim’s office has been extremely positive. Henry at the front desk greets patients, answers the phones, and makes appointments with a smile. Dr. Kim resolves your dental issues with as little pain as possible, alongside his assistant, Pris. I would highly recommend Dr. Kim.”
Kathleen Kretch, Google review
To the dentist for the tooth. To an emergency room first if swelling is spreading toward the eye or under the jaw, if there is a fever with facial swelling, if swallowing or breathing is uncomfortable, or if the jaw or head took a real blow. Call on the way either way and the office will tell you which.
Most weekdays, yes. Same-day slots are held for emergencies, and Addison is 10 to 15 minutes away, so a morning call usually means a visit the same day. If today is not possible and you should not wait, you are told that and pointed somewhere that can see you.
The tooth in milk if it was knocked out, the crown or the broken pieces if you have them, your insurance card if you have one, and a note of what pain relief you took and when.
For a new patient the $99 exam covers the exam and the X-rays that find the cause. Treatment is quoted in writing before it starts, insurance is checked first where you have it, and financing is available for larger work such as a root canal and crown.
Same-day slots are held during the week and the office is open on alternating weekends. Call and ask what is available that day; the answer on the phone is the real one.
What happened, which tooth or area hurts, how long it has been going on, and what pain relief you have taken and when. That is enough for the triage call to sort out whether it is a today problem and to have the right slot held while you drive over.
Handle it by the crown, rinse it gently with milk or saline if it is dirty, and try to seat it back in the socket, biting on gauze. If that is not possible, keep it in milk. Call ahead; re-implantation is possible when you get here quickly enough.
Often, yes. Where it makes sense the plan is split into getting you out of pain today and restoring the tooth properly at a later visit, with the cost of each part in writing. Call (224) 520-8665 or use the contact form if you cannot talk right now.
Call (224) 520-8665 and describe what happened. You get a straight answer on whether it needs to be today, and if it does, the office finds you a slot while you are on Lake Street.