Yon Lai
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · New York, NYNPI 1487856522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.0%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $437,058 and has fallen 81.9% since, to $79,249 in 2025. Among orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics clinicians in NY 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 197 payments — averaging $3931.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$774K
- 3M Company$194
- Henry Schein, Inc.$172
- USA Angelalign Technology CORP$58
- Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc.$24
- VOCO America Inc.$15
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$449,54158%
- Speaking & faculty fees$324,09942%
- Food & beverage$7520%
- Gifts$590%
- Charitable contribution$900%
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. | 190 | $774,079 |
| 3M Company | 2 | $194 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $172 |
| USA Angelalign Technology CORP | 2 | $58 |
| Lightforce Orthodontics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| VOCO America Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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$772,716
- Clarity Aligners$100
How this compares
$774,541 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 764 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics providers in New York.
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Other orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in New York
- Elizabeth RekowNew York$270K
- Marc LemchenNew York$151K
- Jay BurtonNew York$118K
- Jennifer ShaharNew York$27K
- Adam GoodmanNew York$22K
- Matthew StoutNew York$22K
- Sunil WadhwaNew York$15K
- Jenny ZhuNew York$13K
- Pradip ShetyeNew York$11K
- Suzanne CirinoNew York$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.