Israel Puterman
Periodontics · Chevy Chase, MDNPI 1821227232
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Snoasis Medical, LLC at 37.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $28,177 and has fallen 50.9% since, to $13,830 in 2025. Among periodontics clinicians in MD 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 134 payments — averaging $702.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Snoasis Medical, LLC$35K
- Community Blood Center$20K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$12K
- Straumann USA LLC$11K
- Osteogenics Biomedical Inc.$9K
- Dentsply IH Inc.$3K
- plus $3K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,63630%
- Speaking & faculty fees$43,04546%
- Travel & lodging$13,05714%
- Food & beverage$5,1946%
- Education$3,2223%
- Gifts$6541%
- Entertainment$2960%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Snoasis Medical, LLC | 15 | $35,182 |
| Community Blood Center | 16 | $20,383 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 16 | $11,721 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 59 | $11,170 |
| Osteogenics Biomedical Inc. | 4 | $9,156 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 2 | $3,016 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 13 | $1,926 |
| A-dec, Inc. | 1 | $600 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 5 | $472 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $438 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $38 |
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.
- Bio-Oss$3,500
- Bio-Oss Collagen$3,000
- Implant Dentistry$3,000
- BIOHORIZONS$1,516
- Bio-Gide$1,500
- Bio-Materials$1,500
- Geistlich Bio Gide$1,286
- Fibro-Gide$636
- BioHorizons Dental Implants$121
How this compares
$94,103 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 126 periodontics providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 191 | $719 |
| Ibuprofen | 137 | $489 |
| Cefdinir | 27 | $478 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 75 | $423 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other periodontics in Chevy Chase
- Eugenia ProkopetsChevy Chase$3K
- David SchneiderChevy Chase$855
- Madjid MatinChevy Chase$741
- Elbert ChangRockville$151K
- Mark ReynoldsTowson$150K
- Sanju JoseColumbia$73K
- Melanie ToweFrederick$34K
- Justin KleinmanWestminster$16K
- Lawrence NurinAnnapolis$16K
- Brandon WestLutherville Timonium$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.