Dentist Serving Southland, Lexington, KY | Dentist in Lexington, KY

Southland is one of Lexington’s most distinctive corridors — a one-mile stretch of locally owned businesses, mid-century storefronts, and cultural landmarks running from Nicholasville Road west to Rosemont Garden. Officially designated “Lexington’s Music Row” by the city in 2010, the Southland Drive area is home to a tight-knit collection of residential neighborhoods including Southland Park, Open Gates, and the communities flanking Southland Drive between Nicholasville Road and Clays Mill Road. Residents of these neighborhoods access comprehensive dental care at Dental Wellness of Lexington, located at 527 Wellington Way, Suite 120, Lexington, KY 40503. The office sits less than two miles south of the Southland Drive and Nicholasville Road intersection. All dental treatment is provided at the Wellington Way location — there is no office in the Southland neighborhood.

The drive from Southland Drive to the dental office is one of the shortest in all of Lexington’s service area geography. Heading south on Nicholasville Road from the guitar-themed entrance sign at the Southland Drive intersection, the trip to Wellington Way is barely five minutes. Turn right onto Wellington Way, and the office complex is on the left, just past Shillito Park. Alternatively, residents on the western end of Southland near Rosemont Garden or the Oleika Shrine Temple can cut south through the residential streets to Clays Mill Road, then take Clays Mill south to Wellington Way. Either way, the practice is practically in the Southland neighborhood’s backyard.

Why Southland Residents Choose Dental Care on Wellington Way

The Southland corridor has a character that is uniquely its own — equal parts nostalgia and reinvention. Established in the 1950s, the area grew up around what was then a suburban commercial strip south of New Circle Road. Over the decades, it became home to Lexington’s largest concentration of music instrument shops — Willcutt Guitars, Doo Wop Shop, The Drum Center, and Don Wilson Music all operated here — earning the street its Music Row designation. The Oleika Shrine Temple, with its massive lawn and permanent stage at 302 Southland Drive, anchors the center of the corridor and hosts the Tahlsound concert series through the spring and summer months. The annual Southland Street Fair, which draws nearly 10,000 attendees, shuts down the road entirely for a block-party celebration of local vendors, food trucks, and live music.

Along the strip, longtime businesses like Marikka’s Restaurant & BierStube — operating for over 30 years with indoor and outdoor volleyball courts, live music, and a full beer hall — sit alongside newer additions and the weekly Southland Farmers’ Market, which runs Sunday mornings from April through October. Good Foods Co-Op, Winchell’s Restaurant and Bar, Southland Bagel, and Old Kentucky Chocolates fill out a dining and shopping mix that feels distinctly local. The recent mural “In the Market for Music” by artist Michael Burrell, painted near Rosemont Garden, depicts bluegrass musicians serenading the farmers’ market and has become a neighborhood landmark in its own right.

For Southland residents, Dental Wellness of Lexington offers the same locally rooted, long-term approach to care that they value in their neighborhood. The practice keeps patients with the same providers across years of visits, building treatment plans around each patient’s evolving oral health rather than treating each appointment as an isolated transaction. The short drive south on Nicholasville Road means the office is closer to Southland than most of the other dental practices in Lexington — many of which are located further east on Tates Creek Road or out toward Hamburg.

The Wellington Way office also provides a full range of services under one roof, which matters for families who need everything from pediatric cleanings to adult orthodontics to sedation dentistry. Rather than being referred out for implants, root canals, or IV sedation, Southland residents can receive all of their care at the same location from the same team.

Dental Services Available to Southland Residents

The following services are available at Dental Wellness of Lexington’s Wellington Way office. Each links to a detailed service page on the practice’s website.

Preventive & General: Family Dentistry · Checkups & Cleanings · Periodontal Therapy · Emergency Dentistry

Restorative: Restorative Dentistry · Dental Crowns · Metal-Free Crowns · Dental Bridges · Dentures & Partials · Tooth Extractions · Root Canal Therapy

Implant & Prosthodontic: Dental Implants · Implant Dentures · All-on-4® · Missing Teeth Solutions

Cosmetic: Cosmetic Dentistry · Teeth Whitening · Dental Veneers · Direct Bonding · Botox & Fillers

Orthodontic: Orthodontics · Invisalign® · Six Month Smiles®

Sedation & Comfort: Sedation Dentistry · IV Sedation · Nitrous Oxide

The Southland Corridor and Surrounding Lexington Geography

Southland Drive runs roughly east to west through one of Lexington’s most centrally located residential areas, inside the New Circle Road beltline. The corridor’s eastern terminus at Nicholasville Road places it at the spine of Lexington’s primary north-south commercial artery, with direct access to Fayette Mall, The Mall at Lexington Green, and The Summit at Fritz Farm all within a mile to the south. To the west, the Southland corridor fades into the residential streets of the Open Gates and Hill-N-Dale neighborhoods, which connect to Clays Mill Road and eventually to Harrodsburg Road.

Southland Park, the neighborhood’s namesake green space, provides a gathering point for the surrounding community. Residents of the Southland area also have easy access to Shillito Park — the 176-acre regional park on Reynolds Road — which is less than half a mile south of the Southland Drive corridor and directly adjacent to the Wellington Way office complex where Dental Wellness of Lexington is located. The two-mile paved loop at Shillito Park, disc golf course, playgrounds, and sports fields make it a daily destination for families throughout this part of the city.

The neighborhood sits within the Fayette County Public Schools zone that includes Clays Mill Elementary, Jessie Clark Middle School, and Lafayette High School. Students, educators, and staff at these schools — along with families in the surrounding Plantation, Robinwood, and Indian Hills neighborhoods — all live within a short drive of the Wellington Way dental office.

Southland’s proximity to the University of Kentucky campus (roughly two miles northeast) also means the neighborhood draws UK employees, graduate students, and young professionals who appreciate the area’s central location and the fact that rents and home prices are more accessible than in some of the closer-to-campus neighborhoods like Chevy Chase or Ashland Park.

Getting from Southland to Dental Wellness of Lexington

The most direct route from the Southland Drive and Nicholasville Road intersection to the dental office is simply to continue south on Nicholasville Road for approximately one mile. Turn right onto Wellington Way, and the office is on the left in the professional complex adjacent to Shillito Park. This drive takes roughly four to five minutes under normal conditions.

From the western end of Southland Drive near Rosemont Garden, residents can head south through the residential streets to Clays Mill Road, then take Clays Mill south to Wellington Way and turn left. The office is a short distance ahead on the right. This alternative route avoids Nicholasville Road entirely and takes approximately six minutes.

Directions from Southland to Dental Wellness of Lexington