Lynne Thomas
Dentist · San Diego, CANPI 1326205279
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $70,515 of the $87,710 with a category attached, or 80.4%. Dentsply Sirona Inc accounts for 60.4% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $30,512 and has fallen 78.7% since, to $6,508 in 2025. Among dentist 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 157 payments — averaging $558.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$53K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$30K
- Kuraray America Inc.$2K
- Dentsply LLC$2K
- Align Technology, Inc.$308
- Dentsply IH Inc.$112
- plus $240 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2310%
- Speaking & faculty fees$70,51580%
- Grants$1670%
- Travel & lodging$9,42111%
- Food & beverage$4,0805%
- Education$2,8113%
- Gifts$1460%
- Entertainment$2500%
- Charitable contribution$900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 72 | $52,987 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 36 | $29,679 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 8 | $2,304 |
| Dentsply LLC | 14 | $2,081 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 14 | $308 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Ormco Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $14 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- CEREC ZIRCONIA$21,500
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Connect Inbox SW$15,250
- CEREC$13,337
- CEREC GUIDE$10,750
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Cerec Zirconia Mono L A1$4,500
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Cerec Zirconia Mono L C2$4,500
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Cerec Guide Bloc 2 Maxi$4,500
- CELTRA$1,455
- Implant Dentistry$761
- DENTSPLY$489
- Endodontic Dentistry$242
- Primescan Connect$232
- PRIMESCAN$167
- ASTRA TECH Implant System$112
How this compares
$87,710 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,550 dentist providers in California.
Other dentist in San Diego
- Scott StrommerSan Diego$100K
- Robert DrurySan Diego$86K
- Jose RuizSan Diego$80K
- Louie Al-FarajeSan Diego$70K
- Vinita VermaSan Diego$52K
- Todd EngelLadera Ranch$4.2M
- Jedediah HussThousand Oaks$1.3M
- John DiponzianoSan Leandro$904K
- Jeffrey RohdeSanta Barbara$593K
- Troy SchueddingWalnut Creek$468K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.