Meet the team

My name is Lynda Allman and it is my privilege to lead the team here at Acomb Dental Care.

I qualified in Dentistry in 1987 from Edinburgh University. After spending the first years of my career in Dental Hospital positions and training in Maxillofacial Surgery, I came to General Practice here in York, taking over at Acomb in 1997.

I feel enormously lucky to be in a career that I love, to work with a great team of dedicated individuals and to have such wonderful patients, many of whom have been coming to us for years.

My main area of interest is cosmetic dentistry. The best part of my job is seeing how transforming someone’s smile can have such a positive effect on their lives. I am always learning and developing my skills to keep up-to-date in this exciting field. There is always something new to learn.

Away from work, family life with my husband and two children keep me busy. I love cooking for everyone, enjoy gardening and, given the chance, would happily live in a ski resort!

I graduated form Leeds University Dental School in 2004 and have since completed a diploma in dental healthcare at the Royal College of Surgeons, as well as a postgraduate certificate course in Advanced Restorative Dentistry.

My interests in dentistry are placing adhesive tooth coloured crowns and bridges and teeth whitening.

Maria joined the team in February 2020, she has extended studies which include Implantology, Oral Surgery and Periodontal Surgery.

Dr Ruth Brady is a multi-award winning Dental Surgeon who has gained recognition for her work in the field of dentistry known as Advanced Facial Aesthetics.

Dr Ruth works non- surgically on the face to improve a range of features. She improves profiles by changing the balance between the nose, the chin and the lips, and enhances features to make the face look years younger. She can slim down the face by reducing the bulk of the jaw muscles.

She also has great success in treating oro-facial pain and jaw joint pain, symptoms of clenching and grinding, certain types of headaches and excessive sweating.

Ruth’s fields of expertise include:

Anti wrinkle treatments on forehead lines, frown lines and crow’s feet

Lip and peri-oral augmentation

Cheek augmentation including tear troughs

Non surgical rhinoplasty to improve the shape of the nose

Chin and jaw line augmentation

Hyperhydrosis (control of excessive sweating at the hairline or underarm)

Skin boosters to rehydrate and plump the skin of the face, neck, decolletage and hands

Skin needling to firm the skin

Other collagen boosting techniques to smooth the skin

Muscular jaw pain and headaches including occlusal splint therapy

Facial slimming