Emilio Arguello
Periodontics · Denver, CONPI 1063681153
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $21,200 of the $26,237 with a category attached, or 80.8%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. at 41.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $10,989 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $353 in 2025. Among periodontics clinicians in CO 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 123 payments — averaging $213.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc.$11K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$8K
- Southern Anesthesia & Surgical, Inc (dba ACE Southern)$3K
- Nobel Biocare USA$3K
- MIS Implants Technologies, Inc.$1K
- Kulzer, LLC$150
- plus $521 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,20081%
- Travel & lodging$1,3435%
- Food & beverage$3,57014%
- Entertainment$1240%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 3 | $10,983 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 4 | $7,532 |
| Southern Anesthesia & Surgical, Inc (dba ACE Southern) | 1 | $3,000 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 92 | $2,908 |
| MIS Implants Technologies, Inc. | 5 | $1,143 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 2 | $124 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 4 | $111 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Neoss, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Ormco Corporation | 2 | $47 |
| ACE Surgical Supply Co., Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Sonendo Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Biolase, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $14 |
| Kerr Corporation | 1 | $12 |
| Philips North America LLC | 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.
- BIOHORIZONS$54,000
- Implant Dentistry$1,117
- NOBELACTIVE$585
- NOBELPARALLEL$327
- VENUS FLOW SYR 1 X 1,8G BASELINER WHITE$150
- VENUS BULK FILL PLT REFILL$150
- GLUMA DESENSITIZER POWERGEL 4X1G$150
- BioHorizons Dental Implants$117
How this compares
$26,237 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 111 periodontics providers in Colorado.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 26 | $130 |
| Ibuprofen | 20 | $127 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other periodontics in Denver
- Nicholas PoulosDenver$8K
- Michael PoulosDenver$5K
- Saroj SahaDenver$4K
- Gregory FarthingDenver$4K
- Laura NoceDenver$2K
- Arthur YagudayevDenver$2K
- Ann SomersDenver$2K
- Alan PomeranzDenver$1K
- Brian GurinskyDenver$1K
- Jeremy LowyDenver$919
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.