Kent Hironaka
General Practice · Honolulu, HINPI 1851499487
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $70,234 of the $94,176 with a category attached, or 74.6%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Patterson Companies, Inc. at 56.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $30,367 and has fallen 93.4% since, to $1,996 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in HI 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 200 payments — averaging $470.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$53K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$36K
- Dentsply LLC$3K
- Kuraray America Inc.$2K
- Straumann USA LLC$328
- Align Technology, Inc.$185
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$70,23475%
- Travel & lodging$13,66515%
- Food & beverage$6,7517%
- Education$1,6262%
- Gifts$4090%
- Entertainment$8001%
- Charitable contribution$900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 30 | $52,753 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 150 | $35,939 |
| Dentsply LLC | 10 | $2,935 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 2 | $2,036 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 6 | $328 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 2 | $185 |
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 CAD/CAM$27,064
- DENTSPLY$7,852
- CEREC$2,784
- Primescan Connect$1,841
- CEREC Tessera$778
- Lucitone$747
- PRIMESCAN$695
- Tessera$675
- Prime&Bond XP$400
- TPH Spectra$200
- ASTRA TECH Implant System$182
- SureSmile$146
How this compares
$94,176 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 650 general practice providers in Hawaii.
Other general practice in Honolulu
- Philip SuhHonolulu$299K
- Jason AkoHonolulu$81K
- Wynn OkudaHonolulu$60K
- Russell TacataHonolulu$22K
- Eugene AzumaHonolulu$14K
- Blake KitamuraHonolulu$11K
- Lance TeramotoHonolulu$8K
- Kyrell WrightHonolulu$7K
- Ann HashitateHonolulu$7K
- William SiciliaHonolulu$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.