Eric Kuo
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · San Francisco, CANPI 1881628923
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $1,519,615 of the $1,906,903 with a category attached, or 79.7%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics clinicians in CA 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 243 payments — averaging $7847.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$1.9M
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$23
- Solventum Corporation$17
Across 1 payment — averaging $700.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Align Technology, Inc.$700
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$340,41618%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,519,61580%
- Travel & lodging$28,5381%
- Food & beverage$18,3341%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Align Technology, Inc. | 241 | $1,906,863 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Invisalign$1,906,401
- Itero$5,600
How this compares
$1,906,903 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,506 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics providers in California.
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Other orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in San Francisco
- Robert BoydSan Francisco$1.5M
- Yan KalikaSan Francisco$889K
- Bella GarnettSan Francisco$92K
- Norman JacobsonSalinas$4.3M
- Michael FlormanSanta Monica$3.9M
- David BoschkenSan Jose$1.9M
- Ronald RonconeVista$1.5M
- Andrew TrosienTracy$1.2M
- Marta BairdPleasanton$955K
- Richard McLaughlinSan Diego$950K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.