Mark Causey
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Cumming, GANPI 1477865756
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 3M Company accounts for 78.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $41,231 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $1,288 in 2025. Among orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics clinicians in GA 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 183 payments — averaging $966.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- 3M Company$139K
- Solventum Corporation$37K
- American Orthodontics Corporation$402
- Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC$329
- Ormco Corporation$206
- Envista Holdings Corporation$168
- plus $291 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$57,05032%
- Speaking & faculty fees$92,70052%
- Travel & lodging$18,60111%
- Food & beverage$6,5094%
- Education$1,3901%
- Gifts$4790%
- Entertainment$1770%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3M Company | 122 | $138,617 |
| Solventum Corporation | 32 | $36,894 |
| American Orthodontics Corporation | 7 | $402 |
| Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC | 2 | $329 |
| Ormco Corporation | 5 | $206 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 5 | $168 |
| Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. | 5 | $158 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 2 | $77 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Clarity Aligners$138,657
- 3M$40,302
- Clarity Aligner$34,617
- PROTEMP 4$14,221
- RELYX ULTIMATE$13,593
- Clarity ADVANCED$10,125
- Filtek Z350XT$9,500
- Singlebond Universal$9,500
- Clarity Orthodontic Bracket$9,092
- Elipar DeepCure-S$7,093
- APC Coated Metal Brackets and Buccal Tubes$695
- EMPOWER-METAL$327
- EMPOWER-CERAMIC$327
- RADIANCE$327
- MASTER SERIES$327
- LP AND IFIT TUBES$327
- Hu-Friedy IMS System$259
- SIMPLI5$120
How this compares
$176,906 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 293 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics providers in Georgia.
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Other orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in Cumming
- Douglas HiserCumming$5K
- Michael CrosbyCumming$4K
- David WhitneyCumming$3K
- Jerry SpillersWarner Robins$283K
- James PaschalMadison$218K
- Melisa StewartAtlanta$69K
- Arthur SilverSnellville$43K
- Gregory GoggansDouglas$36K
- Jeffrey JordanAlpharetta$15K
- Faraz SoltanianNorcross$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.