Nathaniel Lawson
Dentist · Birmingham, ALNPI 1598039158
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pulpdent Corporation at 24.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $43,810 and has fallen 63.1% since, to $16,161 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in AL 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 180 payments — averaging $1085.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pulpdent Corporation$48K
- Dentsply LLC$24K
- Kuraray America Inc.$21K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$21K
- 3M Company$17K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$16K
- plus $49K from 14 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $8591.57 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.
- 3M Company$98K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$51K
- Solventum Corporation$15K
- Dentsply Detrey GmbH$11K
- GC America Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$53,23327%
- Speaking & faculty fees$110,22856%
- Grants$1,2751%
- Travel & lodging$17,2679%
- Food & beverage$5,6453%
- Education$5,2613%
- Gifts$1,8771%
- Charitable contribution$5320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pulpdent Corporation | 4 | $47,500 |
| Dentsply LLC | 46 | $24,412 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 11 | $21,241 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 16 | $21,027 |
| 3M Company | 23 | $16,916 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 23 | $15,629 |
| Clinician's Choice Dental Products Inc. | 13 | $14,846 |
| DMG America LLC | 12 | $12,467 |
| Bisco, Inc. | 7 | $9,605 |
| Solventum Corporation | 8 | $4,758 |
| Garrison Dental Solutions | 3 | $2,219 |
| Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC | 1 | $1,275 |
| GC America Inc. | 3 | $1,271 |
| Den-mat Holdings, LLC | 1 | $1,250 |
| Doxa Dental, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Tokuyama Dental America Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| Kerr Corporation | 3 | $61 |
| Zest Holdings, LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 2 | $39 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 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.
- SureFil SDR flow+ Bulk Fill Flowable$7,788
- Surefil SDR flow$7,317
- Scotchbond Universal Plus$6,500
- TPH Spectra Universal Composite Restorative Low Viscosity$5,258
- Palodent Sectional Matrix System$4,500
- Scotchbond Universal Adhesive$4,351
- LUXATEMP$4,000
- LUXACROWN$4,000
- STATUS BLUE$4,000
- Clarity Aligners$3,646
- Relyx Universal$3,500
- Icon$3,500
- Filtek Supreme Ultra Flowable Restorative Materials$3,351
- RelyX Luting Plus Cement$3,351
- RelyX Unicem & Unicem 2 Cements$3,351
- RelyX Luting Cement$3,000
- RelyX$3,000
- Calibra$2,810
- 3M Filtek$2,805
- Filtek Universal Restorative$2,523
How this compares
$195,317 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 624 dentist providers in Alabama.
Other dentist in Birmingham
- Amanda PicheBirmingham$9K
- Richard MorganBirmingham$4K
- Thomas ChurchBirmingham$3K
- Brett RhodesBirmingham$3K
- Kyle TrammellBirmingham$2K
- Valencia JacksonBirmingham$2K
- Roger FlippenBirmingham$2K
- Thomas DudneyAlabaster$159K
- Anthony EngleMoody$111K
- Leslie BarrilleauxScottsboro$26K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.