Christian Merit Fortney, DDS
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry · Escondido, CA
Christian Merit Fortney, DDS is an orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics dentistry with a practice address in Escondido, California, and NPI 1548376957, issued on Aug 21, 2006. Check the license (California 45257, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christian Merit Fortney
- Credential
- DDS
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry 1223X0400X
- License number
- 45257 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 230 W 3RD Ave, Escondido, CA 92025
- Phone
- (760) 489-0330
- Enumerated
- Aug 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- Fax
- (760) 489-1330
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christian Merit Fortney in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 45257Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $1,384.51
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Forestadent USA, Inc. The 7,622 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,641.73 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Christian Merit Fortney among 1,881 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics dentistry records in California
Christian Merit Fortney, DDS is one of 1,881 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics dentistry records with a practice address in California. 56% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 78% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 56% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 1223X0400X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry providers in California
There are 1,881 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics dentistry records in California.
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The 8 orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics dentistry records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Cyrus Aghdam, DDSEscondido, CA 920251992221493
- Neelab Anwar, DDSEscondido, CA 920251114415056
- Bradford Baker, DDS, MSEscondido, CA 920251619017779
- Timothy Brunson, DDS, MSEscondido, CA 920251790930758
- Blair Fadem, D.D.S.Escondido, CA 920251912066713
- Rich Hardie, D.D.S., M.S.Escondido, CA 920251689719668
- Liliana Hernandez, DDSEscondido, CA 920251124111885
- Lawrence Michel, DDSEscondido, CA 920251023118577
Common questions
What is Christian Merit Fortney, DDS's NPI number?
Christian Merit Fortney, DDS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548376957, issued on Aug 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christian Merit Fortney, DDS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 230 W 3RD Ave, Escondido, CA, 92025. Phone: (760) 489-0330. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christian Merit Fortney, DDS's license?
NPPES lists California license number 45257, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.