Brent Ludens
Prosthodontics · Waterloo, IANPI 1740400951
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.1%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Nobel Biocare USA accounts for 72.3% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among prosthodontics clinicians in IA 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 173 payments — averaging $1538.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nobel Biocare USA$192K
- Envista Holdings Corporation$74K
- Ultradent Products Inc$15
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$15
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$122,61046%
- Speaking & faculty fees$67,38425%
- Travel & lodging$72,20527%
- Food & beverage$3,4291%
- Education$4950%
- Gifts$150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Biocare USA | 156 | $192,480 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 15 | $73,628 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 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.
- EDUCATION$214,167
- NOBELACTIVE$48,635
- NOBELPARALLEL$27,343
- NOBELSPEEDY$119
- NOBELPROCERA$119
- NOBELREPLACE$119
How this compares
$266,139 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 35 prosthodontics providers in Iowa.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 16 | $162 |
| Amoxicillin | 41 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other prosthodontics in Waterloo
- Clark StanfordIowa City$47K
- David GrattonIowa City$34K
- Luis BozaIowa City$7K
- Ayman AhmedIowa City$2K
- Ghadeer ThaljiIowa City$2K
- Michael MoffittEagle Grove$2K
- Zeina Al SalihiIowa City$1K
- David FritzBettendorf$926
- Salahaldeen AbuhammoudIowa City$840
- Anvita MaharishiIowa City$775
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.