Clifford Ruddle
Endodontics · Santa Barbara, CANPI 1841561651
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $17,775,324 of the $21,003,687 with a category attached, or 84.6%. Dentsply Sirona Inc accounts for 69.0% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,318,448 and has fallen 65.4% since, to $1,492,401 in 2025. Among endodontics 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 489 payments — averaging $42,952 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$14.5M
- Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl$5.5M
- Tulsa Dental Products LLC$934K
- VDW GmbH$130K
- Dentsply IH Inc.$1K
- Dentsply US Prosthetics LLC$96
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$17,775,32485%
- Consulting fees$3,225,00015%
- Travel & lodging$2,2670%
- Food & beverage$1,0960%
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 | 351 | $14,483,158 |
| Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl | 55 | $5,456,087 |
| Tulsa Dental Products LLC | 68 | $933,569 |
| VDW GmbH | 8 | $129,711 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 6 | $1,067 |
| Dentsply US Prosthetics LLC | 1 | $96 |
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.
- PROTAPER$7,321,803
- Endodontic Dentistry$3,289,992
- ProTaper Universal$3,092,543
- WAVEONE GOLD GLIDER$2,111,034
- WaveOne$1,153,642
- WaveOne Gold Conform Fit$673,037
- CALAMUS$643,136
- PROGLIDER$407,384
- PROTAPER OBTURATION$360,250
- ProTaper Ultimate Treatment Covience Kit$335,099
- Q-MIX$300,000
- VDW EDDY FLEXCANULA$292,012
- CPR TIPS$257,682
- ProTaper Universal Obturators 6-PK F5$249,492
- EDDY$226,234
- AQUASIL ULTRA SMART WETTING IMPRESSION MATERIAL CARTRIDGE SYSTEM$174,004
- ENDOACTIVATOR$74,656
- SINE$19,134
- Ultrasonic Files$8,821
- PROFINDER$6,939
How this compares
$21,003,687 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 729 endodontics providers in California.
Other endodontics in Santa Barbara
- L Stehen BuchananSanta Barbara$1.2M
- Tad SuzukiSanta Barbara$6K
- Terrell PannkukSanta Barbara$4K
- Michael ScianambloSan Rafael$13.7M
- Gary CarrSan Diego$1.2M
- Eric HerbransonSan Leandro$583K
- Ove PetersSan Francisco$570K
- Bernice KoVenice$440K
- Adham AzimSan Francisco$333K
- Reid PullenBrea$227K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.