William Gardner
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · Richmond, VANPI 1134395999
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $325,392 of the $375,140 with a category attached, or 86.7%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 99.7% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $139,799, 5.2 times the $26,799 reported in 2019. Among orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics clinicians in VA 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 213 payments — averaging $1761.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$374K
- Ultradent Products Inc$506
- 3M Company$396
- American Orthodontics Corporation$354
- Solventum Corporation$39
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,3152%
- Speaking & faculty fees$325,39287%
- Travel & lodging$33,5329%
- Food & beverage$7,9102%
- Education$2500%
- Gifts$7410%
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. | 184 | $373,845 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 1 | $506 |
| 3M Company | 20 | $396 |
| American Orthodontics Corporation | 6 | $354 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $39 |
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$365,253
- Itero$10,089
- Opalescence$506
- EMPOWER-METAL$108
- EMPOWER-CERAMIC$108
- RADIANCE$108
- MASTER SERIES$108
- LP AND IFIT TUBES$108
- Invisalign First - Comprehensive$101
How this compares
$375,140 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 321 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics providers in Virginia.
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Other orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in Richmond
- Bhavna ShroffRichmond$10K
- Jeffrey BeyerRichmond$5K
- Gustav HorseyRichmond$4K
- Michael HolbertRichmond$4K
- Steven PetritzRichmond$4K
- Kevin BibonaRichmond$4K
- Richard ByrdRichmond$3K
- Justin GroodyRichmond$3K
- Larry ScarboroughRichmond$3K
- Scott FreyChesapeake$365K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.