Thomas Barron
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Timonium, MDNPI 1285755660
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $211,300 of the $321,287 with a category attached, or 65.8%. Ormco Corporation accounts for 84.1% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $93,432 and has fallen 71.5% since, to $26,614 in 2025. Among orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics clinicians in MD 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 200 payments — averaging $1606.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ormco Corporation$270K
- Envista Holdings Corporation$50K
- Nobel Biocare USA$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$65,52720%
- Speaking & faculty fees$211,30066%
- Travel & lodging$39,22212%
- Food & beverage$5,2372%
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 | 139 | $270,050 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 40 | $50,185 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 21 | $1,051 |
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.
- ULTIMA$135,528
- DAMON$69,166
- SPARK$27,507
- DAMON Q2$25,000
- NOT RELATED TO ANY PRODUCT$25,000
- DQ$24,801
- NOBELACTIVE$744
How this compares
$321,287 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 211 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics providers in Maryland.
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Other orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in Timonium
- Mohammad IzadidehkordiTimonium$1K
- Robert MensahLargo$135K
- Victor LamGaithersburg$117K
- Jon MolesFrederick$45K
- David RadBethesda$6K
- Robert YuGaithersburg$5K
- Eduardo AvilaRockville$5K
- Richard ShinPotomac$4K
- Lawrence WangEllicott City$4K
- Mehdy Baghaei-RadPotomac$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.