Adam Koplon
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.4%), gifts and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Straumann USA LLC accounts for 84.2% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,835 and has fallen 68.0% since, to $1,228 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in AL 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 178 payments — averaging $68.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Straumann USA LLC$10K
- Align Technology, Inc.$725
- Ultradent Products Inc$660
- Nobel Biocare USA$118
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$117
- Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC$106
- plus $196 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8657%
- Food & beverage$4,93240%
- Education$2502%
- Gifts$4,57638%
- Entertainment$1,39611%
- Charitable contribution$1801%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Straumann USA LLC | 148 | $10,277 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 6 | $725 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 3 | $660 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 3 | $118 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 7 | $117 |
| Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC | 1 | $106 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $62 |
| Biolase, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Sonendo Inc | 2 | $31 |
| VOCO America Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $14 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Opalescence$561
- Invisalign$534
How this compares
$12,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 624 dentist providers in Alabama.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Etodolac | 136 | $943 |
| Amoxicillin | 147 | $516 |
| Methylprednisolone | 57 | $462 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 112 | $245 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 21 | $187 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 12 | $34 |
| Diazepam | 37 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Leeds
- Nathaniel LawsonBirmingham$195K
- Thomas DudneyAlabaster$159K
- Anthony EngleMoody$111K
- Leslie BarrilleauxScottsboro$26K
- Mary LawHomewood$15K
- Jeremiah HarrisAthens$11K
- Amanda PicheBirmingham$9K
- Stephanie SimmonsOpelika$9K
- Carl ShamburgerMontogmery$7K
- Curtis AbercrombieMidfield$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.