Jin Hwang
Dentist · Auburn, MENPI 1073701975
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — gifts (48.8%), food and beverage and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by A-dec, Inc. at 48.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $6,544 and has fallen 76.5% since, to $1,535 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in ME 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 86 payments — averaging $151.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- A-dec, Inc.$6K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$2K
- Benco Dental Supply Co.$2K
- VOCO America Inc.$940
- Kerr Corporation$556
- Align Technology, Inc.$315
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5264%
- Travel & lodging$6175%
- Food & beverage$4,30833%
- Education$5134%
- Gifts$6,36549%
- Entertainment$7266%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| A-dec, Inc. | 6 | $6,365 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 12 | $1,782 |
| Benco Dental Supply Co. | 16 | $1,661 |
| VOCO America Inc. | 13 | $940 |
| Kerr Corporation | 5 | $556 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 9 | $315 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $287 |
| GC America Inc. | 4 | $236 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 3 | $160 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 2 | $133 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 3 | $121 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $109 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 2 | $91 |
| Midmark Corporation | 1 | $64 |
| Planmeca USA, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $19 |
| Dexcel Pharma Technologies Ltd. | 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.
- ZIRCONIA ABUTMENT PREPARATION KIT$309
- Invisalign$223
- OPTIBOND SOLO PLUS$127
- ARESTIN$124
- Admira Fusion x-tra$110
- Futurabond U$110
- VOCO Profluorid Varnish$110
- ENDODONTICS$109
- NOBELACTIVE$109
How this compares
$13,055 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 237 dentist providers in Maine.
Other dentist in Auburn
- Calvin KenleyAuburn$2K
- Syed FahdAuburn$2K
- Bernhard BringewaldHoulton$9K
- Jeffrey DowNewport$9K
- Heather KeelingWindham$6K
- Douglas LaliberteWaterville$4K
- Israel AdeloyeBangor$4K
- Daniel FigueiredoLisbon$3K
- Darren SmithPortland$3K
- Arlene AsanteBangor$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.