
Jo Baker
Registered Dental Hygienist
Jo is an RDA and has enjoyed being in the dental profession since 1977. She started her career in orthodontics, then joined Dr. Bachman’s team in 2000. Jo loves spending time with her family, is active in the Missionary Baptist Church and enjoys being part of the Ridgecrest community. Her hobbies include various crafts, a good book, spending time with her grandsons and a good movie.

Stefani Miller
Registered Dental Hygienist
Stefani started her dental career by being a part of the Regional Occupational Program (ROP) at Burroughs High School. She then fell in love with the dental field and has continued to work to make this her career. She first became a Registered Dental Assistant, then graduated from Taft College as a Dental Hygienist in 2013. Stefani loves the opportunity to work with her patients educating, demonstrating, and encouraging them to obtain excellent oral hygiene. She enjoys exercising, hiking, exploring in her UTV, and spending time with her husband, Clint, and their two children, Maverick and Cheyenne

Ingrid Fairchild
Registered Dental Hygienist
Ingrid is one of our fabulous Registered Dental Hygienists. She is a Ridgecrest native and has been in dentistry since 2010. She started working at Bachman Family Dentistry as an assistant before heading to hygiene school at Taft College, where she graduated with highest honors in 2018. She rejoined our team here in 2022. Ingrid’s goal as a healthcare provider is to educate her patients on the importance of oral health; as well as encouraging and helping them reach their optimum oral and systemic health in a kind and supportive way. She enjoys building rapport with her patients and strives to give them a positive experience. On her free time, she enjoys spending time with her loved ones, staying active and dedicating time to her Semi-Permanent Make-up business (Brow Glam PMU).

Mary Lynne Machman
Registered Dental Hygienist
Mary Lynne has been a part of the Bachman Family Dentistry team from the day of its inception. In 1982, she and Mike opened the doors to their dental practice in Ridgecrest, California. Mary Lynne worked as the general office manager in the beginning years, and later, as their children were born, as a part-time consultant to the practice. As their children left the nest, Mary Lynne returned to college to earn a degree in dental hygiene and joined the team in 2005 as a registered dental hygienist. Mary Lynne considers it a privilege to serve our clients and be a part of the clinical team. “I’m thankful for the opportunity to encourage and support individuals to achieve excellent dental health through their education, prevention and restorative treatments.” Her favorite hobbies include time with her grandchildren, exercising with dance, walking and swimming, cooking yummy food, reading self help books and enjoying friends and family.

Janae Kirkpatrick
Registered Dental Hygienist
Janae was born and raised in Ridgecrest. She attended Concorde Career College in Oregon where she received her RDA license in 2005. She has worked in General Dentistry, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Surgery and has even volunteered to work on our soldiers before they deployed from Oregon to go on duty. Janae returned to Ridgecrest in 2015 to be closer to family. She joined Bachman Family Dentistry in 2019. She married Jay in 2020 and has two daughters and two step-children who keep her very busy. They love to go to the beach, fish, and enjoy traveling in their free time.

Sonia Gonzales
Registered Dental Hygienist
Sonia started her work in the dental field in 2011. She loves to spend her free time with her family and husband, Junior. In her free time she loves to go camping, go to the beach, or just stay home and chill with her family and two crazy doggies.

Lexi
Licensed Orthodontic Assistant
Lexi was born and raised in Ridgecrest. She is married to her husband, Jose, and together they have a 2 ½ year old daughter, Lucy. Lexi has enjoyed working as a licensed orthodontic assistant since 2016. She enjoys staying active, painting and spending time with family.

Amanda McGee
Registered Dental Assistant
Amanda began her career in March 2022 in the Dental Assisting Program at Charter College in Lancaster and graduated as a CDA in January 2023. She has worked at Bachman Family Dentistry since graduating and loves to learn new things everyday. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, going to baseball games, and watching scary movies.

Hope Fielder
Insurance Coordinator
Hope joined Dr. Bachman’s team in 2010. She completed her Bachelor’s in Business Administration and spent thirteen years as a Business Manager for the government before becoming a stay at home mom. In 2020, Hope and her husband, Russ, moved to Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, to be closer to her In her free time, she and her husband like to camp in our beautiful Sierras. Hope thoroughly enjoys volunteering her time in her church and community. She and husband, Russ, have two grown children, Gavin and Katy.

Cathy
Office Manager
Cathy was born and raised in Ridgecrest, graduated from BHS, and continued on to Hope International University where she played softball for the HIU Royals. She graduated with her BA and teaching credential in 2002, and taught 4th grade in Palos Verdes before moving back to Ridgecrest in 2012. She spends her time juggling five active children and working full-time at the practice. Cathy has enjoyed learning the various aspects of owning a dental practice and getting to know all of our wonderful patients!