Nicole Scheffler
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Boone, NCNPI 1043370521
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $250,000 of the $303,642 with a category attached, or 82.3%. Ormco Corporation accounts for 98.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $296,159 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $470 in 2025. Among orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics clinicians in NC 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 89 payments — averaging $3411.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ormco Corporation$300K
- Ortho Organizers, Inc.$2K
- Envista Holdings Corporation$964
- Nobel Biocare USA$485
- TP Orthodontics Inc$82
- 3M Company$45
- plus $38 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$250,00082%
- Speaking & faculty fees$43,20014%
- Travel & lodging$1,2990%
- Food & beverage$9,0153%
- Gifts$1280%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ormco Corporation | 49 | $300,238 |
| Ortho Organizers, Inc. | 7 | $1,791 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 18 | $964 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 9 | $485 |
| TP Orthodontics Inc | 1 | $82 |
| 3M Company | 2 | $45 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- SPARK$35,594
- DAMON$14,065
- Ortho Organizers$1,715
- NOBELACTIVE$251
- DAMON 3$139
- RED, WHITE AND BLUE RETAINER$122
- DQ$118
How this compares
$303,642 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 288 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics providers in North Carolina.
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Other orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in Boone
- Jason GladwellWake Forest$1.8M
- David PaquetteCharlotte$1.1M
- Todd BovenizerCary$835K
- Bryan LockhartCharlotte$180K
- Martin AveyHarrisburg$123K
- Grant ColemanCharlotte$54K
- Travis EdwardsRaleigh$35K
- William GierieWilmington$30K
- Benjamin BlackAsheville$10K
- Neal PatelShelby$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.