Walter Renne
Dentist · Charleston, SCNPI 1184873671
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $316,159 of the $419,029 with a category attached, or 75.5%. Planmeca USA, Inc. accounts for 67.3% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $114,582 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $2,522 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in SC 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 157 payments — averaging $2668.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Planmeca USA, Inc.$282K
- Truabutment Inc.$55K
- 3shape Inc$34K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$21K
- Envista Holdings Corporation$16K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$10K
- plus $1K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55,40913%
- Speaking & faculty fees$316,15975%
- Travel & lodging$29,0247%
- Food & beverage$5,8521%
- Education$2,8211%
- Gifts$2,5221%
- Entertainment$7,2422%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Planmeca USA, Inc. | 99 | $281,820 |
| Truabutment Inc. | 16 | $54,530 |
| 3shape Inc | 1 | $33,873 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 16 | $21,080 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 2 | $16,000 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 7 | $10,418 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 11 | $928 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $246 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 2 | $92 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 1 | $43 |
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.
- PLANMECA EMERALD S$184,579
- Planmeca Dental X-Ray$63,872
- TRIOS 5$33,873
- PLANMECA PROMAX$31,505
- EDUCATION$16,000
- Planmeca ProX Single Stud 75in Arm$9,519
- Planmeca PlanScan Scanner Tip Portrait$9,519
- Planmeca ProX X Ray Dual Stud$9,519
- Planmeca ProX Xray W Dual St Plate$9,519
- Planmeca Planmeca Emerald Standard Tip$9,519
- Planmeca Fit$5,091
- CEREC$2,534
- Planmeca$2,091
- Zimmer Abutments$125
- TSV NG Surgical$121
How this compares
$419,029 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 827 dentist providers in South Carolina.
Other dentist in Charleston
- Michael RomaniCharleston$9K
- Edward MurphyCharleston$8K
- James MarshallCharleston$4K
- Cassidy KrakerCharleston$3K
- Joshua SummersCharleston$3K
- Gregory OrsimarsiCharleston$2K
- George ShullLexington$30K
- Steven LanhamColumbia$23K
- Johnna HatfieldGreer$20K
- William KiblerSummerville$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.