Amy Ridall
Dentist · Houston, TXNPI 1164700852
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $114,582 of the $141,458 with a category attached, or 81.0%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 33.7% of the total. 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 363 payments — averaging $389.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$48K
- Zimvie Inc.$43K
- Dentalez Alabama, Inc.$24K
- Envista Holdings Corporation$19K
- Dentalez, Inc.$3K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$1K
- plus $4K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$114,58281%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4820%
- Travel & lodging$7,4465%
- Food & beverage$8,5906%
- Education$2250%
- Gifts$9,9017%
- Entertainment$2320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 110 | $47,644 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 107 | $42,822 |
| Dentalez Alabama, Inc. | 3 | $24,106 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 5 | $19,275 |
| Dentalez, Inc. | 5 | $2,912 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 47 | $1,179 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 30 | $968 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 18 | $881 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 14 | $383 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 8 | $293 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 3 | $251 |
| Biolase, Inc. | 3 | $146 |
| Southern Implants North America Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 2 | $131 |
| Planmeca USA, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 2 | $115 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $66 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Bellatek$24,237
- Zimmer Biomet Instruments and Implants$20,640
- EDUCATION$19,256
- Aeras Vacuum - RV5-2T$16,408
- Tapered Screw-Vent$11,473
- OSSEOTITE NT$9,795
- Tapered Screw-Vent Implant System$7,455
- Diem2$4,856
- Aeras 500 Elite Lube Free, fiber optic and Aeras 500 Swivel fiber optic$2,299
- Dental-None$1,720
- DESS dental smart solutions$1,720
- Zimmer Abutments$1,290
- Tapered Screw$568
- DentalEZ$435
- CEREC$413
- Provata$142
- Inverta$142
- 3DIEMME RealGUIDE$141
- Invisalign$119
- BioSet$102
How this compares
$141,458 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,816 dentist providers in Texas.
Other dentist in Houston
- Xavier SaabHouston$1.5M
- Michael TranHouston$31K
- Ali SajadiHouston$29K
- 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.