Marco Brindis
Prosthodontics · Metairie, LANPI 1265620942
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $151,802 of the $183,658 with a category attached, or 82.7%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Dentsply Sirona Inc at 40.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $64,480 and has fallen 89.1% since, to $6,998 in 2025. Among prosthodontics clinicians in LA 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 115 payments — averaging $1597.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$74K
- Dentsply IH Inc.$66K
- Kuraray America Inc.$31K
- Coltene Whaledent Inc.$9K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Kavo Dental Technologies LLC$960
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,2501%
- Speaking & faculty fees$151,80283%
- Grants$9601%
- Travel & lodging$25,47014%
- Food & beverage$2,0901%
- Education$6120%
- Gifts$4730%
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 Sirona Inc | 53 | $73,872 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 26 | $66,098 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 12 | $30,976 |
| Coltene Whaledent Inc. | 1 | $8,500 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $1,587 |
| Kavo Dental Technologies LLC | 1 | $960 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $960 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 3 | $296 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $200 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 1 | $58 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
| GC America Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| VOCO America Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Peter Brasseler Holdings, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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$66,349
- I-CAT FLX MV IMAGING SYSTEM$960
- DTX STUDIO IMPLANT$960
- ASTRA TECH Implant System$636
- ATLANTIS$320
- Opalescence$273
- Elipar DeepCure-S$200
- Paradigm DeepCure$200
- Elipar DeepCure-L$200
- All T3 Implants$109
How this compares
$183,658 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 31 prosthodontics providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Etodolac | 13 | $90 |
| Amoxicillin | 11 | $37 |
| Lorazepam | 11 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other prosthodontics in Metairie
- Jonathan EsquivelMetairie$289K
- Diana PalmisanoMetairie$995
- Paola DonaireMetairie$661
- Israel FingerMetairie$371
- Roger VitterMetairie$364
- Mark DurhamMetairie$156
- Amir Hossein NejatNew Orleans$6K
- Richard AppletonBaton Rouge$4K
- Robert RooneySlidell$4K
- Alejandro Trevino SantosNew Orleans$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.