Lyndon Cooper
Prosthodontics · Chicago, ILNPI 1043335276
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $257,581 of the $414,275 with a category attached, or 62.2%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Dentsply IH Inc. at 45.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $221,929 and has fallen 93.5% since, to $14,341 in 2025. Among prosthodontics clinicians in IL 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 307 payments — averaging $1349.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dentsply IH Inc.$190K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$163K
- Dentsply IH China$23K
- Dentsply IH Sweden$18K
- Dentsply IH AB$7K
- Dentsply LLC$5K
- plus $8K from 9 others
Across 100 payments — averaging $8234.99 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Dentsply IH Sweden$491K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$171K
- Dentsply IH AB$162K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$59,19414%
- Speaking & faculty fees$257,58162%
- Travel & lodging$79,32719%
- Food & beverage$9,8572%
- Education$7,3622%
- Gifts$7140%
- Entertainment$2410%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 106 | $190,160 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 155 | $162,617 |
| Dentsply IH China | 6 | $23,349 |
| Dentsply IH Sweden | 7 | $18,441 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 4 | $6,659 |
| Dentsply LLC | 1 | $5,058 |
| Dentsply IH Ltd. | 1 | $2,828 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 16 | $2,072 |
| Sirona Dental, Inc. | 2 | $2,000 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 3 | $525 |
| GC America Inc. | 1 | $173 |
| Dentsply Canada Ltd | 2 | $115 |
| Planmeca USA, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Thommen Medical USA, LLC | 1 | $74 |
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.
- Implant Dentistry$206,436
- ASTRA TECH Implant System$51,807
- ATLANTIS$8,381
- Integrity$5,058
- CEREC$2,206
- ORTHOPHOS$2,000
- WaveOne Gold Conform Fit$400
- DENTSPLY$346
- MI Paste One$173
- Cervitec Plus Multi Dose Assortment 1x7g$159
- PLANMECA EMERALD S$105
How this compares
$414,275 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 59 prosthodontics providers in Illinois.
Other prosthodontics in Chicago
- Ghassan AbboudChicago$10K
- Rand HarlowChicago$7K
- Stuart SchelkopfChicago$7K
- Stephen CampbellChicago$3K
- Dima GhunaimChicago$2K
- Tala GhishanChicago$2K
- Leila Ahmadian Khoshe MehrChicago$961
- Omar CruzChicago$300
- Maryam GheisarifarChicago$288
- Anil AgarwalChicago$239
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.