Jeffrey Zaffos
Dentist · Westbury, NYNPI 1275933277
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $113,500 of the $133,753 with a category attached, or 84.9%. Henry Schein, Inc. accounts for 85.8% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $41,571 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $805 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in NY 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 127 payments — averaging $1053.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Henry Schein, Inc.$115K
- Exocad America, Inc.$11K
- A-dec, Inc.$4K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$2K
- Ultradent Products Inc$906
- Dentsply IH Inc.$653
- plus $374 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$113,50085%
- Grants$830%
- Travel & lodging$1,4481%
- Food & beverage$1,9671%
- Education$4990%
- Gifts$5,2314%
- Entertainment$2040%
- Other$10,8208%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 48 | $114,801 |
| Exocad America, Inc. | 2 | $10,820 |
| A-dec, Inc. | 14 | $4,309 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 37 | $1,891 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 11 | $906 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 7 | $653 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 2 | $132 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 2 | $66 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 1 | $21 |
| GC America 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.
- CEREC$76,874
- CEREC ZIRCONIA$46,000
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Connect Inbox SW$38,000
- CEREC GUIDE$23,000
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Cerec Zirconia Mono L A1$15,000
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Cerec Zirconia Mono L C2$15,000
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Cerec Guide Bloc 2 Maxi$15,000
- DentalCAD$6,520
- Exoplan$4,300
- Opalescence$749
- Dental Equipment$499
- Implant Dentistry$350
- PRIMESCAN$123
- Endodontic Absorbent Paper Points$107
- NOBELPARALLEL$103
- NOBELACTIVE$103
How this compares
$133,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,954 dentist providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 54 | $138 |
| Azithromycin | 11 | $105 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 13 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Westbury
- David GallerWoodmere$4.3M
- Jehyun ChongFlushing$1.6M
- Jeffrey GallerBrooklyn$532K
- Andrew ReingoldNew York$486K
- Steven GlassmanNew York$473K
- Ron KaminerHewlett$455K
- Jason KimFlushing$427K
- Robert MikhliBrooklyn$290K
- Peter AusterPomona$234K
- Paul SiuNew York$178K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.