Gordon Christensen
Prosthodontics · Provo, UTNPI 1083788210
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $285,204 of the $354,130 with a category attached, or 80.5%. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1%. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $76,805 and has fallen 66.9% since, to $25,459 in 2025.
Across 108 payments — averaging $3278.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Planmeca USA, Inc.$71K
- Zest Holdings, LLC$60K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$51K
- Benco Dental Supply Co.$30K
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$29K
- Kavo Dental Technologies LLC$24K
- plus $89K from 14 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $25,506 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.
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$51K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,6371%
- Speaking & faculty fees$285,20481%
- Travel & lodging$2,0771%
- Food & beverage$9640%
- Education$7,1682%
- Gifts$53,13015%
- Other$1,9501%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Planmeca USA, Inc. | 12 | $71,052 |
| Zest Holdings, LLC | 15 | $60,061 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 16 | $50,562 |
| Benco Dental Supply Co. | 2 | $30,000 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 3 | $29,402 |
| Kavo Dental Technologies LLC | 2 | $24,100 |
| Vatech America, Inc. | 7 | $23,675 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 19 | $18,944 |
| GC America Inc. | 9 | $13,055 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 4 | $8,297 |
| DMG America LLC | 5 | $7,168 |
| Garrison Dental Solutions | 3 | $4,112 |
| Prismatik Dentalcraft, Inc. | 4 | $3,500 |
| Cosmedent, Inc. | 1 | $3,137 |
| Bisco, Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Den-mat Holdings, LLC | 1 | $2,000 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 1 | $1,000 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $43 |
| Premier Dental Products Company | 1 | $20 |
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.
- PLANMECA VISO$28,563
- Planmeca Dental X-Ray$23,327
- PLANMECA PROMAX$17,645
- Opalescence$17,247
- Multilink Automix Easy Refill Transparent, Heliomolar Refill 20x025 g 140/A2, Ad$13,638
- Multilink Automix Refill Transparent, SpeedCEM Plus Refill Transparent 9g, Multi$12,405
- MultiCore Flow Refill 10 g Medium, Multilink Automix Easy Refill Transparent$10,328
- G-aenial$8,000
- Multilink Automix Refill Transp. Easy,Heliomolar Refill 20x0.25g 140/A2,Politip-$7,386
- GC FUJI$7,000
- EQUIA$6,000
- LUXACROWN$6,000
- Multilink Automix Easy Starter Pack Transparent, MultiCore Flow Refill 10 g Medi$4,718
- Dental and Orthodontic supplies$1,593
- PLANMECA PROSENSOR$1,517
- LUXACROWN A2$1,168
- EDUCATION$1,000
- Politip-F (D) Refill 6$605
How this compares
Too few prosthodontics providers in Utahto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other prosthodontics in Provo
- Darren GoringSalt Lake City$6K
- Paul ChildSouth Jordan$2K
- Shad MackertDraper$1K
- Michael AffleckNorth Ogden$679
- William ChristensenOrem$457
- Rodney AndrusSt George$330
- Robert McWhorterSalt Lake City$248
- Jonathan RasmussenSandy$139
- Jared HallSandy$98
- Troy WinegarSalt Lake City$32
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.