Jason Gladwell
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Wake Forest, NCNPI 1518174606
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $1,361,065 of the $1,844,893 with a category attached, or 73.8%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $796,889, more than ten times the $850 reported in 2019. 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 287 payments — averaging $6428.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$1.8M
- American Orthodontics Corporation$2K
- Nobel Biocare USA$179
- Ormco Corporation$179
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$124
- Straumann USA LLC$88
- plus $127 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$324,00018%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,361,06574%
- Travel & lodging$113,5626%
- Food & beverage$22,2891%
- Education$2,3000%
- Gifts$4200%
- Entertainment$960%
- Charitable contribution$2700%
- Other$20,8911%
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. | 249 | $1,842,234 |
| American Orthodontics Corporation | 25 | $1,963 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $179 |
| Ormco Corporation | 1 | $179 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 4 | $124 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 2 | $68 |
| 3M Company | 2 | $33 |
| Ortho Organizers, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
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$1,817,389
- Itero$13,046
- Element Flex$4,567
- iTero Element 5D Plus Lite$4,078
- EMPOWER-METAL$1,127
- EMPOWER-CERAMIC$1,127
- RADIANCE$1,127
- MASTER SERIES$1,127
- LP AND IFIT TUBES$1,127
- NOBELACTIVE$179
- SPARK$179
- iTero Element 5D Plus$166
- Invisalign System - Moderate$151
How this compares
$1,844,893 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 Wake Forest
- David PaquetteCharlotte$1.1M
- Todd BovenizerCary$835K
- Nicole SchefflerBoone$304K
- Bryan LockhartCharlotte$180K
- Martin AveyHarrisburg$123K
- Grant ColemanCharlotte$54K
- Travis EdwardsRaleigh$35K
- William GierieWilmington$30K
- Benjamin BlackAsheville$10K
- Neal PatelShelby$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.