Top Dentist - General Practice in North Carolina by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top dentist - general practice practitioners in North Carolina by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $2,683,716 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: North Carolina
$2,683,716
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$89,336
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Dentist - General Practice by Total Industry Payments — North Carolina

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Robert Lowe
Charlotte, NC
$876,519
21 2018–2024
2
Matthew Miller
Charlotte, NC
$349,766
18 2018–2024
3
Clifton Cameron
Fayetteville, NC
$337,087
13 2018–2024
4
Andrew Kelly
Greensboro, NC
$156,817
9 2018–2024
5
Adam Hodges
Asheville, NC
$103,748
8 2018–2024
6
Wendy Clark
Chapel Hill, NC
$100,799
10 2018–2024
7
Mark Hyman
Greensboro, NC
$92,404
6 2018–2024
8
Jesse Clark
Wilmington, NC
$90,481
9 2018–2024
9
Jerry Reeves
Greensboro, NC
$90,119
7 2018–2024
10
John Claytor
Shelby, NC
$89,336
5 2018–2022
11
Edward Wenda
Raleigh, NC
$72,351
9 2019–2024
12
Graham Farless
Greensboro, NC
$55,816
17 2018–2024
13
Misael Otero
Leland, NC
$54,850
7 2019–2024
14
Christian Yaste
Charlotte, NC
$38,952
14 2018–2024
15
Michael Defee
Wilmington, NC
$38,920
10 2018–2024
16
Anthony Michelakis
Leland, NC
$37,896
8 2018–2023
17
Joseph Chichetti
Winston Salem, NC
$37,266
8 2019–2024
18
Bobbi Stanley
Cary, NC
$23,612
14 2018–2024
19
Tate Jackson
Chapel Hill, NC
$18,537
3 2021–2024
20
Harald Heymann
Chapel Hill, NC
$18,440
1 2018–2023

State payment context — Dentist - General Practice in North Carolina

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 2,639 dentist - general practice providers in North Carolina have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $4,572,530 (2018–2024).

The median dentist - general practice provider in North Carolina received $223 in total payments, versus a national median of $229 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in North Carolina peaked in 2019, when $761,538 changed hands across 3,813 transactions. PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. has been the largest single payer over the period, and Charlotte leads all North Carolina cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Dentist - General Practice providers in North Carolina

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. $625,320 334 682
Align Technology, Inc. $553,163 943 3,938
Dentsply Sirona Inc $293,039 1,072 4,077
PULPDENT CORPORATION $267,268 17 27
Kerr Corporation $255,411 245 422
Ultradent Products Inc $184,454 424 869
Implant Direct Sybron International LLC $160,288 57 147
Straumann USA LLC $147,483 718 2,218

Industry payments to Dentist - General Practice providers in North Carolina by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $738,405 1,147 3,709
2019 $761,538 1,231 3,813
2020 $452,815 901 2,113
2021 $737,889 1,047 2,933
2022 $714,898 1,280 3,800
2023 $556,570 1,294 4,306
2024 $610,414 1,364 3,900

Top North Carolina cities for Dentist - General Practice industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Charlotte $1,484,501 299 3,853
Greensboro $460,256 86 999
Fayetteville $398,924 60 752
Raleigh $220,208 176 1,736
Wilmington $217,088 95 850
Chapel Hill $175,257 75 566
Asheville $156,068 78 823
Shelby $103,304 14 197
Methodology Providers filtered to North Carolina-licensed dentist - general practice practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 1223G0001X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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