Mark Lowe
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Fresno, CANPI 1497819833
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $129,237 of the $155,986 with a category attached, or 82.9%. Straumann USA LLC accounts for 99.1% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $61,767 and has fallen 76.8% since, to $14,341 in 2025. Among orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics 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 197 payments — averaging $791.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Straumann USA LLC$155K
- Align Technology, Inc.$773
- Envista Holdings Corporation$387
- Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.$198
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$90
- 3M Company$15
- plus $12 from 1 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $100.00 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.$100
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$750%
- Speaking & faculty fees$129,23783%
- Travel & lodging$18,93712%
- Food & beverage$6,7894%
- Education$1500%
- Gifts$7070%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Straumann USA LLC | 166 | $154,510 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 13 | $773 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 7 | $387 |
| Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. | 6 | $198 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 3 | $90 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $15 |
| Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc | 1 | $12 |
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$451
How this compares
$155,986 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,506 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics providers in California.
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Other orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in Fresno
- Cory CostanzoFresno$163K
- Norman JacobsonSalinas$4.3M
- Michael FlormanSanta Monica$3.9M
- David BoschkenSan Jose$1.9M
- Eric KuoSan Francisco$1.9M
- Ronald RonconeVista$1.5M
- Robert BoydSan Francisco$1.5M
- Andrew TrosienTracy$1.2M
- Marta BairdPleasanton$955K
- Richard McLaughlinSan Diego$950K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.