Michael Bicknell
Dentist · Elmhurst, ILNPI 1356424337
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $836,438 of the $1,330,988 with a category attached, or 62.8%. Ormco Corporation accounts for 72.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $362,838 and has fallen 61.8% since, to $138,733 in 2025. Among dentist 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 515 payments — averaging $2584.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ormco Corporation$967K
- Envista Holdings Corporation$363K
- Nobel Biocare USA$750
- Align Technology, Inc.$207
- American Orthodontics Corporation$74
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$300,71523%
- Speaking & faculty fees$836,43863%
- Travel & lodging$176,89613%
- Food & beverage$14,5741%
- Education$2,3200%
- Gifts$150%
- Entertainment$300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ormco Corporation | 366 | $966,605 |
| Envista Holdings Corporation | 116 | $363,353 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 27 | $750 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 4 | $207 |
| American Orthodontics Corporation | 2 | $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.
- ULTIMA$647,588
- DAMON$242,056
- DQ$87,954
- SPARK$85,042
- NOT RELATED TO ANY PRODUCT$80,000
- DAMON Q2$60,000
- DAMON 3$443
- DAMON CLEAR$413
- VECTOR TAS$150
- Invisalign$142
- NOBELACTIVE$131
- D3$128
- SIMPLI5$111
How this compares
$1,330,988 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,138 dentist providers in Illinois.
Other dentist in Elmhurst
- Lori TrostRed Bud$492K
- Meena BarsoumArlington Heights$384K
- Richard CottrellLake Forest$278K
- Robert BlackwellBrookfield$164K
- M SharifiChicago$163K
- Chiann GibsonNaperville$155K
- Manal IbrahimChicago$133K
- Glenn DeweirdtWoodridge$125K
- Meredith GantosNaperville$61K
- Stephen MartinChicago$53K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.