Meet the Team at Essenmacher Family Dental

Dr. Lindsay Essenmacher

Dr. Lindsay Essenmacher earned her dental degree from the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Francisco, CA, where she graduated with honors. She then achieved advanced education in a residency with the University of New Mexico. She is a certified provider in both Inman Aligner and ClearSmile orthodontics for adults.

Dr. Essenmacher holds active memberships in the American Dental Association, the New Mexico Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the International Team for Implantology (ITI).

Being able to utilize her gentle and caring spirit to benefit the health of her community is important to Dr. Essenmacher. She enjoys developing life-long relationships with patients and their families. The artistry of dentistry and the ever-changing technology allows her to engage as a life-long learner.

Dr. Essenmacher and her husband, Jesse, have enjoyed ten years of marriage and have two children, Evan and Adalyn, and a dog named Beau. She enjoys running, baking, pilates, and spending time outdoors with her family.

Dr. Nikita Goyal, DDS

Dentist

Dr. Goyal grew up right here in New Mexico. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of New Mexico where she studied Biology and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She earned her Doctorate of Dental Surgery in 2014 from the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine. While there, she earned an award for “Best Hand Skills,” an honor that she attributes to her lifelong passions of painting and drawing. Throughout her graduate studies, Dr. Goyal focused on Rural Health Dentistry and took the opportunity to obtain additional training in Emergency and Trauma Dentistry in Bethel, Alaska. 

After obtaining her Dental Degree, Dr. Goyal returned to New Mexico where she spent several years at a community health care clinic providing her trademark compassionate care to underserved patient groups right here in Albuquerque. Most recently, she was caring for our veterans at the New Mexico Veteran Affairs Hospital. Dr. Goyal’s particular areas of interest include cosmetic dentistry, implant restorations, full mouth rehabilitation, surgeries, root canals, and removable prostheses.  Dr. Goyal continues to pursue her passion for providing her patients with the most advanced and cutting-edge dentistry by traveling all over the country to further her skills with continuing education courses. ...

Tuyet-Phi Truong, DMD

Dentist

Dr. Tuyet-Phi Truong earned her Bachelor of Science degree in General Biology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).  After graduation, she put her education on hold to help support her family financially.  At that time, she worked in a few prestigious research facilities where she published over ten scientific articles through her affiliations with The Scripps Research Institute and Stanford University.  After almost a decade of working in research, her interest in dentistry began when she needed an emergency root canal.  The dental care she received brought back memories of when she helped run a free medical clinic in Ensenada, Mexico for two years.  Her experience receiving immediate relief of dental pain reminded her of her initial passions for helping people and developing meaningful patient relationships. She realized that these benefits were not things a research environment could provide.  At that moment, she decided to return to school to fulfill her true purpose.

Dr. Truong obtained her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree with an emphasis on Public Health from Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ASDOH).  ASDOH’s unique dental curriculum provided experiences at several community clinics in underserved regions of Alaska, Montana, Washington, and Oregon.  After graduating from dental school as a National ...