Bryan Lockhart
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Charlotte, NCNPI 1316280670
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. accounts for 72.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $60,247 and has fallen 53.3% since, to $28,159 in 2025. Among orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 121 payments — averaging $1490.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.$131K
- USA Angelalign Technology CORP$45K
- Sprintray Inc$1K
- Align Technology, Inc.$1K
- Ormco Corporation$684
- Ortho Organizers, Inc.$142
- plus $102 from 4 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $33,333 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.$100K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,00017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$102,58357%
- Travel & lodging$26,44615%
- Food & beverage$4,4552%
- Education$16,6099%
- Gifts$3000%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. | 76 | $131,250 |
| USA Angelalign Technology CORP | 27 | $45,465 |
| Sprintray Inc | 3 | $1,430 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 4 | $1,322 |
| Ormco Corporation | 5 | $684 |
| Ortho Organizers, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 2 | $73 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $13 |
| American Orthodontics Corporation | 1 | $3 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- LIGHTFORCE ORTHODONTIC SYSTEM$97,755
- Invisalign$1,288
- DQ$623
- Ortho Organizers$142
How this compares
$180,394 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 288 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics providers in North Carolina.
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Other orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in Charlotte
- David PaquetteCharlotte$1.1M
- Grant ColemanCharlotte$54K
- Colin WebbCharlotte$8K
- Wesley RobinsonCharlotte$5K
- Christopher HarrisCharlotte$5K
- Keith SellersCharlotte$4K
- James SackstederCharlotte$4K
- Gregory ValerianoCharlotte$3K
- Alfred JacksonCharlotte$3K
- Bhaven SayaniaCharlotte$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.