Ali Sajadi
Dentist · Houston, TXNPI 1598010225
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimvie Inc. at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $12,199 and has fallen 62.8% since, to $4,539 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in TX 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 262 payments — averaging $111.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$15K
- Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Keystone Dental Inc.$2K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$2K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,18038%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5002%
- Travel & lodging$2,2208%
- Food & beverage$10,65436%
- Education$3,05510%
- Gifts$1320%
- Entertainment$1,5025%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimvie Inc. | 66 | $15,323 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 30 | $3,054 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 39 | $2,863 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 6 | $2,107 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 46 | $1,568 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 18 | $1,231 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 24 | $784 |
| GC America Inc. | 3 | $559 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 2 | $540 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 11 | $461 |
| Zest Holdings, LLC | 5 | $235 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 2 | $189 |
| Thommen Medical USA, LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $66 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $52 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 2 | $46 |
| Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Carestream Dental, LLC | 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.
- OSSEOTITE NT$11,180
- 3DIEMME RealGUIDE$922
- Tapered Screw-Vent$721
- Implant Dentistry$687
- TSX Implants$662
- Cytrans Granules$559
- Diem2$304
- Bio-Materials$141
- Geistlich Bio Gide$119
- TSV NG Surgical$117
- TMT MTX$100
How this compares
$29,243 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,816 dentist providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 83 | $218 |
| Ibuprofen | 44 | $128 |
| Dexamethasone | 53 | $81 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 16 | $54 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $27 |
| Lorazepam | 17 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Houston
- Xavier SaabHouston$1.5M
- Amy RidallHouston$141K
- Michael TranHouston$31K
- Chun-Teh LeeHouston$21K
- Justin LaiHouston$16K
- Emeric BoudreauxHouston$16K
- Poria RafieiHouston$13K
- Simon YoungHouston$12K
- Hieu NguyenHouston$12K
- Ryan QuockHouston$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.