Our team at Essenmacher Family Dental is truly special. Dr. Essenmacher & Dr. Goyal work hard to provide patients and staff with a great environment. Not only have we gathered the best and brightest in the dental field, but we also pride ourselves in taking exceptional care of our patients. Our core values include treating our patients the way they want to be treated without guilt or pressure along with gentle and compassionate care, providing the highest quality dentistry, and always being honest with our patients.
We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our Albuquerque dental office. If you would like to learn more about our team, you can read about each of us below.

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.
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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. ...
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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 ...
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Angela
Office Administrator
Angela came to Albuquerque in 1997 from the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended CNM and studied accounting and business. ...

Cindy
Front Office Coordinator
An Albuquerque resident for the last 45 years, Cindy brings a large amount of dental experience to our office both ...

Sherina
Front Office Coordinator
Sherina joined our team in March 2018! She was born in Southern California but moved to Albuquerque as a young ...

Crystal
Front Office Coordinator
Crystal joined our team in December 2020. She has dual skills – she’s a dental assistant and administrative assistant. She ...

Jackie
Dental Hygienist
As an Albuquerque native, Jackie finds herself right at home at Essenmacher Family Dental. We have been lucky to have ...

Alissa
Dental Hygienist
Alissa, originally from Grants, NM, joined our practice in 2012. She was the class president at Dona Ana Community College, ...

Elisha
Dental Hygienist
Elisha joined our practice in March 2020. She grew up in Edgewood, NM. She earned a bachelor's degree in dental ...

Marlene
Dental Hygienist
Marlene, originally from El Paso, TX, joined Essenmacher Family Dental in June 2021. Previously, she was a dental assistant working ...

Janice
Dental Assistant
Janice joined our team in June 2018! She has been in the dental field since 2008, and she's very excited ...

Kenia
Dental Assistant
Kenia was born in Mexico and raised in Phoenix, AZ. She moved to Albuquerque with her family in 2008. She ...

Alice
Dental Assistant
Alice is from Santo Domingo Pueblo in northern NM. She started her career as a dental assistant in 2011. We ...

Kira
Dental Assistant
Kira is originally from Louisiana. She moved to New Mexico in 2008 with her family and she attended Rio Grande ...

Mary
Dental Assistant
Mary is a native of Albuquerque, NM. She is a proud mom of 3 children (2 boys and a girl). ...
My dental assistants Janice and Andrea are wonderful, professional, personable and smart! Thank you!
-EB