About DentCare Now, Emergency Dental Practice Serving the DMV from Fairfax, VA

Two dentists who met at Howard, built an emergency practice, and have been getting people out of pain ever since.

Dr. Johnson and Dr. Bonner at DentCare Now, emergency dentist serving Fairfax, VA

How DentCare Now Started

Dr. Rasheeda Johnson and Dr. Dominique Bonner met at Howard University College of Dentistry. Dr. Bonner was two years behind Dr. Johnson, and they became friends during dental school. Years later, working in private practice, they kept running into the same problem: people in pain who couldn't find a dentist who'd see them. People calling office after office on a Saturday. People sitting in an ER waiting room because there was nowhere else to go, knowing the ER couldn't actually fix a tooth.


So Dr. Johnson asked Dr. Bonner a question: why isn't there an urgent care for dental? Nowhere you could walk in with a toothache on a Sunday and actually get help. It didn’t exist, so they built it.


Here's the part that surprised them. Patients who came in for an emergency kept asking the same thing: "I really like it here, can you look at the rest of my mouth?" An emergency practice turned into a real dental home for thousands of people. Now DentCare Now serves patients across the DMV, with some driving in from as far as two hours away, because they need someone who picks up the phone and gets them out of pain the same day. That's still all we do. It's still why we're here.

How We Run This Practice

Most dental offices have production goals on the wall. We don't. There's no board tracking how many fillings the office did this month, no bonus structure that pays people for talking patients into things they don't need, no "treatment plan" with $8,000 of optional work tacked on while you're in pain. You came to us because something hurts, and that's what we fix.


Pricing is posted at the front desk and you'll get a clear estimate before treatment starts. We're out-of-network with most insurance but submit claims on your behalf and fight for your reimbursement. Without insurance, financing is available to almost everyone. Full pricing details live on the Pricing page.

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Meet the Dentists

Dr. Dominique Bonner at DentCare Now, emergency dentist serving Fairfax, VA

Dr. Rasheeda Johnson, DDS

Dr. Johnson's mom will tell you she knew early on that dentistry was her daughter's calling. When other kids were grossed out by loose teeth, Rasheeda was the one wiggling hers on purpose. When they did come out, she kept every single one. No, she didn't even want to give them to the tooth fairy. 


At age 10, she found out she needed braces — and her insurance said no. That moment stuck. She vowed she'd become a dentist, eventually wore braces four times, and never stopped thinking about the people the system leaves behind. When she looked around and realized there was no Minute Clinic for dentistry. Nowhere to walk in with a toothache on a Sunday and actually get help. So she built one. 

Twelve years in, she's created something rare: a dental office that runs on warmth, honesty, and good music. She's the one who makes you laugh so hard you forget you're getting a tooth pulled. (Extractions are actually her favorite procedure. She may be the only dentist you'll ever meet who says that.) 


Outside the office, she loves to travel, she's still learning to slow down, and she'll freely admit she probably needs to floss more.

Dr. Dominique Bonner, DDS

Dr. Bonner brings calm and precision to every single case she touches. It's a detail-oriented, educational approach to dentistry that patients describe as reassuring. She's the one who pulls up the x-ray, walks you through exactly what she's seeing, and makes sure you leave understanding your own mouth.


She and Dr. Johnson met at Howard University College of Dentistry, where Dr. Bonner graduated two years behind her now-business partner. They've been in each other's orbit ever since, and the contrast in their personalities turned out to be exactly what Dent Care Now needed.


Dr. Bonner specializes in crowns, bridges, and restorative dentistry, and is the force behind DentCare Now's same-day crown capability.


Outside the office: she's exactly who you'd expect: Steady, thoughtful, and probably the most prepared person in any room.

Dr. Dominique Bonner at DentCare Now, emergency dentist serving Fairfax, VA

Meet Our Staff

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Michelle Bitttner Eberle, DDS, MSD

Dr.Eberle specializes in braces and Invisalign for both children and adults. She is experienced with traditional braces, self-ligating braces, Phase I Interceptive treatment, 3-D technology, multi-disciplinary cases and surgical treatment.  A native Californian, born and raised, Dr.Eberle loves to make people smile. Having grown up in a family of dentists (e.g., father, mother, brother and sister) smiles have been the focus of her life. Dr.Eberle attended undergraduate at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California on a tennis scholarship. After graduating from Pacific, Dr.Eberle went to dental school at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco receiving her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (DDS). 


Dr. Eberle completed one year of hospital based dentistry in the Advanced Education of General Dentistry program in San Francisco. She moved to Florida with her husband and practiced general dentistry for five years before returning to a post-graduate residency in orthodontics at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry where she received her Certificate in Orthodontics and a Masters of Science in Dentistry (MSD).


Dr.Eberle relishes spending time with her two children, two dogs and husband. She enjoys playing tennis, working out, reading and enjoying everyday life! Dr. Eberle is also fluent in Spanish. A wise man once said: “Love what you do and you NEVER work a day in your life!” Orthodontics and patients of all ages give Dr. Eberle the opportunity to follow her dream of making people smile. 

“A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear.” –Marilyn Monroe

Michelle Bitttner Eberle, DDS, MSD

Dr.Eberle specializes in braces and Invisalign for both children and adults. She is experienced with traditional braces, self-ligating braces, Phase I Interceptive treatment, 3-D technology, multi-disciplinary cases and surgical treatment.  A native Californian, born and raised, Dr.Eberle loves to make people smile. Having grown up in a family of dentists (e.g., father, mother, brother and sister) smiles have been the focus of her life. Dr.Eberle attended undergraduate at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California on a tennis scholarship. After graduating from Pacific, Dr.Eberle went to dental school at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco receiving her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (DDS). 


Dr. Eberle completed one year of hospital based dentistry in the Advanced Education of General Dentistry program in San Francisco. She moved to Florida with her husband and practiced general dentistry for five years before returning to a post-graduate residency in orthodontics at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry where she received her Certificate in Orthodontics and a Masters of Science in Dentistry (MSD).


Dr.Eberle relishes spending time with her two children, two dogs and husband. She enjoys playing tennis, working out, reading and enjoying everyday life! Dr. Eberle is also fluent in Spanish. A wise man once said: “Love what you do and you NEVER work a day in your life!” Orthodontics and patients of all ages give Dr. Eberle the opportunity to follow her dream of making people smile. 

“A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear.” –Marilyn Monroe

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Michelle Bitttner Eberle, DDS, MSD

Dr.Eberle specializes in braces and Invisalign for both children and adults. She is experienced with traditional braces, self-ligating braces, Phase I Interceptive treatment, 3-D technology, multi-disciplinary cases and surgical treatment.  A native Californian, born and raised, Dr.Eberle loves to make people smile. Having grown up in a family of dentists (e.g., father, mother, brother and sister) smiles have been the focus of her life. Dr.Eberle attended undergraduate at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California on a tennis scholarship. After graduating from Pacific, Dr.Eberle went to dental school at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco receiving her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (DDS). 


Dr. Eberle completed one year of hospital based dentistry in the Advanced Education of General Dentistry program in San Francisco. She moved to Florida with her husband and practiced general dentistry for five years before returning to a post-graduate residency in orthodontics at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry where she received her Certificate in Orthodontics and a Masters of Science in Dentistry (MSD).


Dr.Eberle relishes spending time with her two children, two dogs and husband. She enjoys playing tennis, working out, reading and enjoying everyday life! Dr. Eberle is also fluent in Spanish. A wise man once said: “Love what you do and you NEVER work a day in your life!” Orthodontics and patients of all ages give Dr. Eberle the opportunity to follow her dream of making people smile. 

“A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear.” –Marilyn Monroe

Alejandra Romero, DMD

Dr. Romero is a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist. She attended Nova Southeastern University and obtained her degree in Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD), ranking in the top tier of her class and was inducted into Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU), a National Dental Honor Society. Immediately after dental school, Dr. Romero started her residency in Pediatric Dentistry and received her certificate from Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital.


During her training, Dr. Romero has been providing dental care to infants, children, adolescents and children with special health care needs. Dr. Romero has also received extensive training in Behavior Management focus on both Basic and Advanced Behavior Guidance, which includes nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation as well as non-IV oral conscious sedation and general anesthesia. Dr. Romero is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Dental Association, the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the Florida Dental Association .


Dr. Romero and her husband Ludwig have three daughters Monica, Sabrina and Vanessa and two dogs, Yellow Lab named Cooper and a Shih Tzu named Ivy. Dr. Romero and her family enjoy the outdoors and traveling.

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Michelle Bitttner Eberle, DDS, MSD

Dr.Eberle specializes in braces and Invisalign for both children and adults. She is experienced with traditional braces, self-ligating braces, Phase I Interceptive treatment, 3-D technology, multi-disciplinary cases and surgical treatment.  A native Californian, born and raised, Dr.Eberle loves to make people smile. Having grown up in a family of dentists (e.g., father, mother, brother and sister) smiles have been the focus of her life. Dr.Eberle attended undergraduate at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California on a tennis scholarship. After graduating from Pacific, Dr.Eberle went to dental school at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco receiving her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (DDS). 


Dr. Eberle completed one year of hospital based dentistry in the Advanced Education of General Dentistry program in San Francisco. She moved to Florida with her husband and practiced general dentistry for five years before returning to a post-graduate residency in orthodontics at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry where she received her Certificate in Orthodontics and a Masters of Science in Dentistry (MSD).


Dr.Eberle relishes spending time with her two children, two dogs and husband. She enjoys playing tennis, working out, reading and enjoying everyday life! Dr. Eberle is also fluent in Spanish. A wise man once said: “Love what you do and you NEVER work a day in your life!” Orthodontics and patients of all ages give Dr. Eberle the opportunity to follow her dream of making people smile. 

“A smile is the best makeup any girl can wear.” –Marilyn Monroe

Where We Are

DentCare Now is located on Fairfax Boulevard in Fairfax Circle, right by Chick-fil-A. We're across the street from the Fairfax Circle shopping area and about 15 minutes from Tysons Corner. Free parking is available in the lot directly in front of our office (five spots reserved for our patients).

Visit Us

9547-A Fairfax Blvd Fairfax, VA 22031

Common Questions About Our Practice

  • Are Dr. Johnson and Dr. Bonner both available for emergency appointments?

    Yes. Both doctors see emergency patients, and same-day appointments are available with whichever of them is in the office that day. If you have a preference, let our front desk know when you call and we'll do our best to schedule you with the doctor you'd like to see.

  • How long have Dr. Johnson and Dr. Bonner been practicing?

    Dr. Johnson has been practicing for twelve years. Dr. Bonner has been practicing for about ten. Both completed their dental training at Howard University College of Dentistry and have continued advanced training in implantology, restorative dentistry, and sedation since. Both are NDA 40 Under 40 award recipients.

  • How is this site different from dentcarenow.com?

    It's the same practice, same dentists, same office. This site (emergencyroomdentists.com) is the front door for patients in pain who need same-day emergency care. Our main site, dentcarenow.com, is the same DentCare Now practice for general dentistry, cleanings, cosmetic work, and everything else. Two doors into the same office. If you come in for an emergency and want to come back for ongoing dental care, you don't have to switch anything. You're already at DentCare Now.

  • Do you treat children in emergencies?

    Yes. We see kids from 6 months and up for dental emergencies. Laughing gas is available when needed, and we walk parents through what's happening and what the options are at every step. Most children's emergencies (chipped teeth from sports, knocked-out baby teeth, severe pain) can be handled same-day.

New Patients Welcome

New patients are welcome any day of the week. We hold same-day slots open specifically for emergency patients, so you can call this morning and be seen this afternoon. Someone answers the phone day or night, and once you book, we text your intake forms straight to your phone so the paperwork is done before you arrive.