Christopher Bauer
Dentist · Fresno, CANPI 1265732531
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $28,455 of the $32,687 with a category attached, or 87.1%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Patterson Companies, Inc. at 52.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $14,258 and has fallen 68.6% since, to $4,483 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in CA 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 119 payments — averaging $274.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$17K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$7K
- Straumann USA LLC$3K
- Dentsply LLC$3K
- Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc$980
- Dentsply IH AB$426
- plus $475 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,45587%
- Travel & lodging$1,5005%
- Food & beverage$2,2857%
- Education$1881%
- Gifts$2601%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 12 | $17,162 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 70 | $7,213 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 18 | $3,430 |
| Dentsply LLC | 1 | $3,000 |
| Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics Inc | 1 | $980 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 2 | $426 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 3 | $177 |
| Kerr Corporation | 5 | $124 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $34 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $25 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Zest Holdings, LLC | 1 | $10 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- CAD/CAM Software$8,650
- Implant Dentistry$3,000
- CEREC$2,250
- Dentsply Orthodontics$980
- SureSmile$980
- ASTRA TECH Implant System$205
- BioHorizons Dental Implants$104
How this compares
$32,687 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,550 dentist providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 72 | $290 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 34 | $254 |
| Dexamethasone | 42 | $160 |
| Azithromycin | 26 | $106 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 16 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Fresno
- Todd EngelLadera Ranch$4.2M
- Jedediah HussThousand Oaks$1.3M
- John DiponzianoSan Leandro$904K
- Jeffrey RohdeSanta Barbara$593K
- Troy SchueddingWalnut Creek$468K
- Todd SnyderLaguna Niguel$427K
- Saima HasnainSacramento$415K
- August de OliveiraEncino$332K
- Brian NovyNewhall$297K
- Christopher HagenFountain Valley$289K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.