Gregory Tentindo, DMD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1164866125
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $17,300 of the $27,063 with a category attached, or 63.9%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Straumann USA LLC at 37.9% of the total. Among oral & maxillofacial surgery clinicians in MO 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 91 payments — averaging $297.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Straumann USA LLC$10K
- Kls-martin L.p.$8K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$950
- plus $3K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,30064%
- Grants$2,5009%
- Travel & lodging$1891%
- Food & beverage$6,66525%
- Education$4092%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Straumann USA LLC | 11 | $10,266 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 13 | $8,352 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $2,300 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $1,388 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 3 | $1,146 |
| Stryker | 11 | $950 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 4 | $603 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 14 | $558 |
| Axogen | 8 | $538 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 4 | $439 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 6 | $409 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $69 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$27,063 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 117 oral & maxillofacial surgery providers in Missouri.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 302 | $2,156 |
| Ibuprofen | 276 | $840 |
| Amoxicillin | 255 | $741 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 64 | $573 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 52 | $186 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 50 | $139 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 16 | $128 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other oral & maxillofacial surgery in Saint Louis
- Robert RetiSaint Louis$64K
- Damian FindlaySaint Louis$9K
- Alexander HeatriceSaint Louis$6K
- Collin StutzSaint Louis$5K
- Jeffrey KratkySaint Louis$5K
- Bentley AndersonSaint Louis$4K
- Dustin AltmannSaint Louis$3K
- Oleg ProkopenkoSaint Louis$3K
- Michael BenichouSaint Louis$3K
- William GraySaint Louis$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.