Jeffrey Backus
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Hoover, ALNPI 1669615498
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,954 of the $9,787 with a category attached, or 60.8%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Align Technology, Inc. at 35.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,355, 6.8 times the $491 reported in 2019. Among orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics clinicians in AL 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 127 payments — averaging $77.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$3K
- Ortho Organizers, Inc.$2K
- Ormco Corporation$2K
- Envista Holdings Corporation$693
- World Class Technology Corporation$640
- USA Angelalign Technology CORP$207
- plus $897 from 10 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $20.00 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.$20
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$701%
- Speaking & faculty fees$410%
- Travel & lodging$2,64827%
- Food & beverage$5,95461%
- Education$7648%
- Gifts$2182%
- Charitable contribution$901%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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. | 42 | $3,456 |
| Ortho Organizers, Inc. | 19 | $2,005 |
| Ormco Corporation | 11 | $1,889 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 9 | $693 |
| World Class Technology Corporation | 18 | $640 |
| USA Angelalign Technology CORP | 4 | $207 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 3 | $169 |
| Dental Monitoring SAS | 1 | $146 |
| American Orthodontics Corporation | 4 | $128 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 4 | $115 |
| GC America Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| 3M Company | 3 | $75 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $67 |
| Benco Dental Supply Co. | 1 | $41 |
| Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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$2,456
- SPARK$2,264
- CARRIERE SLX 3D$906
- Ortho Organizers$618
- REVEAL ALIGNERS$160
- CARRIERE$160
- ARIA$160
- ELITE$160
- NOBELACTIVE$120
How this compares
$9,787 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 136 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics providers in Alabama.
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Other orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in Hoover
- Benjamin SamuelsonHoover$22K
- Arthur JonesHoover$1K
- Michael DubucHoover$1K
- Cranford LangleyDaphne$532K
- Patrick O'NeilDaphne$341K
- Andre FerreiraAnniston$157K
- David SarverBirmingham$41K
- Jordan BentonAnniston$32K
- Robert OwenMontgomery$8K
- Sherri WeissmanBirmingham$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.