Lori Trost
Dentist · Red Bud, ILNPI 1588907018
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $361,595 of the $491,614 with a category attached, or 73.6%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 72.2% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $165,549 and has fallen 85.1% since, to $24,659 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in IL 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 337 payments — averaging $1458.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$355K
- Dentsply LLC$95K
- Exocad America, Inc.$10K
- Premier Dental Products Company$6K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$6K
- Kulzer, LLC$6K
- plus $13K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,3495%
- Speaking & faculty fees$361,59574%
- Travel & lodging$46,6979%
- Food & beverage$6,9271%
- Education$5,1771%
- Gifts$34,0427%
- Other$12,8283%
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. | 215 | $354,893 |
| Dentsply LLC | 61 | $94,826 |
| Exocad America, Inc. | 5 | $9,731 |
| Premier Dental Products Company | 15 | $6,472 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 12 | $6,338 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 10 | $6,250 |
| Septodont Inc. | 7 | $6,000 |
| Dentalez, Inc. | 2 | $3,800 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| GC America Inc. | 3 | $1,359 |
| Midmark Corporation | 1 | $166 |
| Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc | 1 | $92 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| DTE Oregon, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Acteon Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
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$310,068
- Surefil SDR flow$48,501
- Itero$44,509
- SureFil SDR flow+ Bulk Fill Flowable$15,117
- Exoplan$9,634
- TPH Spectra Universal Composite Restorative Low Viscosity$9,300
- Integrity$9,000
- Palodent Sectional Matrix System$9,000
- Aquasil Ultra+ digit Smart Wetting Impression Material$6,575
- Integrity Temporary Crown and Bridge Material With Fluorescence$5,120
- VENUS PEARL PLT REFILL 20X0,2G A1$4,750
- SureFil$3,500
- Hemoban$3,114
- Dentsply International Triad Gel Tubes 22Gm Ea$3,000
- VENUS DIAMOND FLOW PLT 20X0,20G - A1$2,000
- Aeras 500 Elite$1,800
- LIGNOSPAN STANDARD$1,750
- DENTAPEN$1,750
- SmartLite Focus$1,749
- AVANTE$1,500
How this compares
$491,614 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,138 dentist providers in Illinois.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 53 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Red Bud
- Michael BicknellElmhurst$1.3M
- Meena BarsoumArlington Heights$384K
- Richard CottrellLake Forest$278K
- Robert BlackwellBrookfield$164K
- M SharifiChicago$163K
- Chiann GibsonNaperville$155K
- Manal IbrahimChicago$133K
- Glenn DeweirdtWoodridge$125K
- Meredith GantosNaperville$61K
- Stephen MartinChicago$53K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.