Hugh Flax
Dentist · Atlanta, GANPI 1336290121
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $85,955 of the $102,108 with a category attached, or 84.2%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bisco, Inc. at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $28,566 and has fallen 52.6% since, to $13,549 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in GA 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 82 payments — averaging $1245.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bisco, Inc.$33K
- DMG America LLC$25K
- GC America Inc.$23K
- Shofu Dental Corp$7K
- Sprintray Inc$3K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$2K
- plus $10K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$85,95584%
- Grants$1,4991%
- Travel & lodging$7561%
- Food & beverage$4700%
- Education$10,44310%
- Gifts$1,9852%
- Charitable contribution$1,0001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bisco, Inc. | 11 | $33,306 |
| DMG America LLC | 26 | $24,697 |
| GC America Inc. | 16 | $22,740 |
| Shofu Dental Corp | 3 | $6,500 |
| Sprintray Inc | 2 | $3,000 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 6 | $2,340 |
| Integrated Dental Systems | 2 | $2,000 |
| Doxa Dental, Inc. | 3 | $2,000 |
| Garrison Dental Solutions | 3 | $1,972 |
| Kettenbach LP | 2 | $1,000 |
| Milestone Scientific Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Coltene Whaledent Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 3 | $421 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $99 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Neoss, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- GRADIA$9,800
- G-aenial$9,000
- LUXACROWN$8,405
- LUXATEMP ULTRA$7,560
- LUXACROWN A2$6,529
- G-CEM$6,500
- LUXACORE Z DUAL$4,905
- MI Paste$4,000
- TEMPOCEM ID$3,750
- LUXACROWN A1$3,531
- LUXACORE Z-DUAL AUTOMIX NATURAL$2,986
- LUXATEMP ULTRA AUTOMIX A1$2,986
- LUXATEMP ULTRA SMARTMIX B1$2,986
- HONIGUM PRO$2,750
- LUXACORE Z-DUAL AUTOMIX LIGHT OPAQUE$2,681
- LUXACORE Z-DUAL SMARTMIX LIGHT OPAQUE$2,288
- LUXAFLOW ULTRA A2$2,075
- CERAMIR CROWN & BRIDGE QUIKCAP$2,000
- CERAMIR RESTORE QUIKCAP$2,000
- CERAMIR BIOCERAMIC IMPLANT CEMENT QUIKCAP$2,000
How this compares
$102,108 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,532 dentist providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 27 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Atlanta
- Ronald GoldsteinAtlanta$1.9M
- Maurice SalamaAtlanta$469K
- David ReznikAtlanta$106K
- David GarberAtlanta$104K
- Bernee DunsonAtlanta$31K
- Trushar PatelAtlanta$7K
- Wendell CampbellAtlanta$7K
- Maha El-SayedAtlanta$6K
- Helen SempiraAtlanta$6K
- Alexandra ShehataAtlanta$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.