Melissa Lent Brown, D.D.S
General Practice Dentistry · Houston, TX
Melissa Lent Brown, D.D.S is a general practice dentistry with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1245494442, issued on Jul 16, 2008. Check the license (Texas 24079, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa Lent Brown
- Credential
- D.D.S
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Dentistry 1223G0001X
- License number
- 24079 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5701 Woodway Dr Ste 250, Houston, TX 77057
- Phone
- (713) 782-3123
- Enumerated
- Jul 16, 2008
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5701 Woodway Dr Ste 250
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Verify Melissa Lent Brown in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 24079Check 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: $66.37
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Straumann USA LLC. The 41,669 providers of this specialty with any payment received $597.01 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.
Melissa Lent Brown among 10,056 general practice dentistry records in Texas
Melissa Lent Brown, D.D.S is one of 10,056 general practice dentistry records with a practice address in Texas. 64% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 48% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 64% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2021 · 71% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 1223G0001X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,316 general practice dentistry records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,316 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 10,056 general practice dentistry records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Melissa Lent Brown, D.D.S's NPI number?
Melissa Lent Brown, D.D.S's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245494442, issued on Jul 16, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa Lent Brown, D.D.S located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5701 Woodway Dr Ste 250, Houston, TX, 77057. Phone: (713) 782-3123. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa Lent Brown, D.D.S's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 24079, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas 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.