Anthony Ponzio
General Practice · Elmwood Park, ILNPI 1134383532
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $208,196 of the $252,675 with a category attached, or 82.4%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Dentsply Sirona Inc at 59.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $62,312 and has fallen 55.0% since, to $28,044 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in IL 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 328 payments — averaging $770.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$151K
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$64K
- Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc$17K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$6K
- Dentsply LLC$6K
- Kuraray America Inc.$5K
- plus $3K from 10 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $70.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Dentsply LLC$70
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,4503%
- Speaking & faculty fees$208,19682%
- Travel & lodging$25,02810%
- Food & beverage$8,0113%
- Education$1,7951%
- Gifts$1,4451%
- Entertainment$7500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 207 | $151,197 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 21 | $64,135 |
| Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc | 13 | $17,183 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 6 | $6,497 |
| Dentsply LLC | 40 | $5,854 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 12 | $5,049 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 9 | $1,313 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 4 | $812 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 4 | $221 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 4 | $213 |
| Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC | 2 | $75 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Kerr Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $19 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| GC America Inc. | 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.
- CEREC CAD/CAM$42,500
- CEREC$14,950
- SureSmile Aligners$12,632
- SureSmile$6,732
- CEREC ZIRCONIA$5,500
- CERAMIC$4,500
- Dentsply Orthodontics$3,580
- CEREC GUIDE$2,750
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Connect Inbox SW$2,750
- Primescan Connect$2,537
- CELTRA$1,065
- DENTSPLY$1,051
- Opalescence$803
- Implant Dentistry$787
- Tessera$675
- Prime&Bond XP$400
- Calibra Cement$300
- Surefil SDR flow$291
- Calibra$281
- Endodontic Dentistry$262
How this compares
$252,675 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,816 general practice providers in Illinois.
Other general practice in Elmwood Park
- Ryan MolisBurr Ridge$13M
- Lou GrahamChicago$603K
- Brijesh PatelSchaumburg$547K
- Alan BoghosianChicago$349K
- Dennis HartliebGlenview$160K
- Miguel NayanWestmont$149K
- Peter HarnoisHinsdale$149K
- Matthew HallasChicago$142K
- Mark LigockiOakbrook Terrace$139K
- Matthew BurtonFrankfort$130K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.