Brandon Pollard
Dentist · Saint Charles, MONPI 1508127929
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $6,945 of the $10,029 with a category attached, or 69.2%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Straumann USA LLC at 47.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,041 and has fallen 54.2% since, to $1,851 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in MO 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 136 payments — averaging $73.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Straumann USA LLC$5K
- Ultradent Products Inc$3K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$487
- Align Technology, Inc.$427
- Keystone Dental Inc.$383
- Coltene Whaledent Inc.$114
- plus $465 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1932%
- Food & beverage$2,59626%
- Education$671%
- Gifts$6,94569%
- Entertainment$480%
- Charitable contribution$1802%
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 | 69 | $4,743 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 30 | $3,410 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 7 | $487 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 15 | $427 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 2 | $383 |
| Coltene Whaledent Inc. | 3 | $114 |
| 3M Company | 2 | $94 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $86 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Southern Implants North America Inc | 1 | $55 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$10,029 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,165 dentist providers in Missouri.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 96 | $214 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 47 | $196 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 26 | $87 |
| Azithromycin | 16 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Saint Charles
- Jack GriffinEureka$89K
- Jonathan CopelandWildwood$54K
- Jonathan EhlersWestphalia$34K
- Joseph BlaesFenton$24K
- Bryan PopeJefferson City$18K
- Kevin MorgesterChesterfield$17K
- Justin SchlaikjerBallwin$11K
- Michael LearCottleville$11K
- Brian SuttonKansas City$10K
- Dennis NguyenCape Girardeau$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.