Kyle Ranta Strait
Dentist · Austin, TXNPI 1366602013
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $702,760 of the $827,528 with a category attached, or 84.9%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $200,928, 3.5 times the $56,782 reported in 2019. Among dentist clinicians in TX 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 703 payments — averaging $1177.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$827K
- Coltene Whaledent Inc.$75
- Philips North America LLC$25
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$23
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$21
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$702,76085%
- Travel & lodging$105,48513%
- Food & beverage$18,8432%
- Education$3000%
- Gifts$1400%
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. | 697 | $827,384 |
| Coltene Whaledent Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 2 | $23 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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$810,360
- Itero$11,846
- Invisalign System - Moderate$106
- iTero Element 5D Plus$106
How this compares
$827,528 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,816 dentist providers in Texas.
Other dentist in Austin
- Todd EhrlichAustin$199K
- Adriana da SilveiraAustin$65K
- Xavier SaabHouston$1.5M
- Joshua AustinSan Antonio$1.1M
- David LittleSan Antonio$512K
- Chad DuplantisFort Worth$327K
- Charles MaupinLubbock$311K
- Charles SauerAmarillo$304K
- Brett TitensorFlower Mound$228K
- Frank HigginbottomDallas$174K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.