Michael Florman
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Santa Monica, CANPI 1124093760
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,806,533 of the $3,946,640 with a category attached, or 71.1%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,228,494 and has fallen 81.9% since, to $404,257 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 184 payments — averaging $21,449 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$3.9M
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$85
- 3M Company$23
- American Orthodontics Corporation$15
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,806,53371%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,139,92429%
- Food & beverage$1240%
- Gifts$590%
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. | 178 | $3,946,516 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 4 | $85 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $23 |
| American Orthodontics Corporation | 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$3,946,201
How this compares
$3,946,640 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 Santa Monica
- Jelson YalungSanta Monica$17K
- Norman JacobsonSalinas$4.3M
- 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
- Yan KalikaSan Francisco$889K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.