Edgard El Chaar
Periodontics · New York, NYNPI 1174738009
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $67,766 of the $93,101 with a category attached, or 72.8%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 72.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $53,618 and has fallen 73.9% since, to $13,973 in 2025. Among periodontics clinicians in NY 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 169 payments — averaging $550.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$67K
- Straumann USA LLC$22K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$2K
- Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC$707
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$529
- Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc.$184
- plus $145 from 3 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $11,653 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.
- Zimmer Biomet$54K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$67,76673%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,9005%
- Travel & lodging$15,73117%
- Food & beverage$3,2493%
- Education$8821%
- Gifts$5291%
- Entertainment$440%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 139 | $67,187 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 15 | $21,977 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 4 | $2,370 |
| Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC | 2 | $707 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $529 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 5 | $184 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Trabecular Metal (TM) Dental$33,604
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$13,445
- TM NextGen$9,185
- All T3 Implants$3,851
- Puros$2,976
- CopiOs$2,150
- ALLOGRAFT$2,150
- Surgical Instruments$2,150
- Bellatek$1,046
- IMS$707
- EXTARO 300$529
- BIOMATERIALS$187
- Geistlich Bio Gide$170
- Bio-Gide$113
How this compares
$93,101 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 457 periodontics providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 247 | $1,368 |
| Amoxicillin | 290 | $1,254 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 39 | $233 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 37 | $229 |
| PrevidentFluoride (Sodium) | 12 | $218 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 25 | $210 |
| Metronidazole | 16 | $81 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other periodontics in New York
- Dennis TarnowNew York$672K
- Hector SarmientoNew York$130K
- Scott FroumNew York$100K
- Jaffer ShariffNew York$52K
- Alan PollackNew York$25K
- John GrbicNew York$17K
- Alexander VolchonokNew York$8K
- Ali AskariNew York$8K
- Michael ReshadNew York$7K
- Mahtab AzimiNew York$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.