Nicholson sits just south of us on Madison Pike. The drive to our Independence office is under three miles, straight north on KY 17, and takes five to eight minutes. We hold same-day emergency times Monday through Thursday. Call (859) 555-0147 before you back out of the driveway, and one of them is yours.
The $89 covers the emergency exam and the X-rays needed to diagnose the tooth, for patients paying without insurance. Treatment is priced separately and quoted to you in writing before any work starts.
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Nicholson to our office: how far is it?
Under three miles by road. We're at 5302 Madison Pike, Independence, KY 41051, on Madison Pike (KY 17 Business) in the center of town, a short distance from the Kenton County Courthouse. Nicholson shares our 41051 ZIP code and sits directly south, so the trip is about as simple as a drive gets in Kenton County.
From the junction where Walton Nicholson Pike (KY 16) meets Madison Pike (KY 17), you're at the close end of the five-to-eight-minute range. From the William E. Durr Branch of the Kenton County Public Library or the Kenton County Police Department headquarters, the run is much the same.
Same-day emergency dental care for Nicholson patients
We're open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Monday and Wednesday, and 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Tuesday and Thursday. On each of those days we keep three emergency slots open: 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM. Call when something hurts and the front desk puts you in the next one.
Walk-ins aren't something we can do. The call ahead is what gets a chair and a dentist ready for the moment you arrive.
The visit covers the exam and the X-rays, and then, as often as the diagnosis allows, the treatment in the same sitting. A severe toothache gets traced to its cause and treated there. Simple and surgical emergency extractions are both done right here. Bring your insurance card if you have one, and jot down the medications you're on.
What an emergency dental visit costs for Nicholson patients
$89 covers the emergency exam and the X-rays we need to see what's going on with the tooth. Treatment is separate. Before any of it starts, you get the price in writing.
We take PPO dental insurance and most traditional dental insurance plans. Those plans are billed directly for the exam and X-rays. Call with your card handy and we check before you arrive. For treatment costs you'd rather spread out, Cherry, LendingClub and CareCredit are available. The cost and insurance page spells out more.
Getting here from Nicholson
- From the KY 16 and KY 17 junction: north on Madison Pike (KY 17). Stay on it into Independence; we're at 5302 Madison Pike in the center of town. Parking on site.
- From the William E. Durr Branch library, the Kenton County Police headquarters, Hickory Grove Baptist Church or Nicholson Church of Christ: make your way to Madison Pike and head north. The same single road takes you the whole way.
- From White's Tower Elementary or Twenhofel Middle School: after pickup, Madison Pike (KY 17) north. We're a short run up the pike.
- From the farmland south of Nicholson: whichever lane brings you out to Madison Pike, then north. Once you're on 17, there are no more turns to think about.
After hours for Nicholson patients
We close at 5:00 PM Monday and Wednesday, 6:00 PM Tuesday and Thursday, and we're closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Call (859) 555-0147 at any hour and a real person picks up. In office hours, that's our front desk; the rest of the time it's our answering service, which takes your name, number and what's wrong, and holds you the first opening. After a Monday-evening call, that's Tuesday at 9:00 AM. After a Thursday-night, Friday, Saturday or Sunday call, it's Monday at 9:00 AM. Ways to get through the hours in between are on our weekend and after-hours page.
A few things shouldn't wait for us. Swelling that's heading up toward the eye or working down the neck, trouble with swallowing or breathing, or a jaw that may be broken all need a hospital now. From our office, the closest emergency room is St. Elizabeth Edgewood at 1 Medical Village Drive in Edgewood, up Madison Pike to KY 17, then Dudley Pike and Thomas More Parkway. Hospitals treat spreading infection and injuries; they generally don't treat the tooth itself. Their part done, the tooth is still ours to fix; ring us when you're able.
Emergency dental services for Nicholson families
A teenager who takes a hit at practice and comes home with a knocked-out tooth should have it kept in milk and be on the way up the pike to us right away. A dental abscess that's puffed up a cheek gets drained and treated that same day. For a broken or chipped tooth, we smooth the edge, place a filling, or make a crown if the tooth can be kept; if it can't, we take it out. Wisdom tooth pain gets examined the day you call, and when a wisdom tooth has to go, the wisdom tooth extraction is done here.
Of the eight communities listed on our service area page, Nicholson is the closest.
Frequently asked questions
Where's the closest emergency dentist to Nicholson, KY?
Yes. Our Independence office is under three miles north of Nicholson on Madison Pike (KY 17), five to eight minutes by car. Emergency patients are seen the same day, Monday through Thursday, in slots held at 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM. Call (859) 555-0147 before coming; walk-ins aren't taken.
My tooth started hurting Thursday night. What do I do before Monday?
Call us anyway. The answering service notes your details and saves Monday's 9:00 AM opening for you. Until then, keep the area clean, use over-the-counter pain relief as the label directs, and keep very hot, cold or sweet food away from that side. If swelling spreads toward your eye or neck, or swallowing gets hard, go to a hospital emergency room instead of waiting on us.
Can the tooth be pulled the same day I'm seen?
Often, yes. If the exam and X-rays show the tooth can't be saved and your health history allows it, the extraction is done in that same visit, simple or surgical. If the tooth can be kept, we talk through a root canal or a repair instead. Either way, the price is written down for you before anything starts.
Which way from Nicholson is quickest in the morning?
There's really only one way: Madison Pike (KY 17) north. From the KY 16 junction it's a short, direct run into the center of Independence. If school is letting in near Twenhofel and White's Tower, allow the full eight minutes for a 10:00 AM slot.