Hinna Chaudhry
Dentist · Stamford, CTNPI 1689980013
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $97,520 of the $112,072 with a category attached, or 87.0%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 99.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $61,034 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $2,981 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in CT 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 194 payments — averaging $577.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$111K
- Straumann USA LLC$235
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$158
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$77
- Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$69
- Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC$60
- plus $67 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$500%
- Speaking & faculty fees$97,52087%
- Travel & lodging$9,4258%
- Food & beverage$4,8034%
- Education$2750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Align Technology, Inc. | 178 | $111,407 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 2 | $235 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 3 | $158 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $69 |
| Hu-friedy Mfg. Co., LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $22 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Invisalign$108,102
- iTero Element 5D Plus$569
- SmartLite Focus$113
- iTero Element 5D Plus Lite$109
How this compares
$112,072 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 569 dentist providers in Connecticut.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 36 | $191 |
| Amoxicillin | 41 | $184 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 11 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Stamford
- Peter GardellStamford$158K
- Leonard KundelStamford$3K
- Fatemeh EmadStamford$3K
- Jay OzaStamford$3K
- Cassandra PinkerousStamford$2K
- Avinash PatelEast Haven$61K
- David WohlFairfield$33K
- Douglas PetersonFarmington$20K
- Martin ZaseColchester$18K
- Mark FeinbergStratford$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.