Michael Scherer
Dentist · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1386898914
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Zest Holdings, LLC accounts for 82.0% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $216,319 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $6,645 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in NV 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 87 payments — averaging $4590.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zest Holdings, LLC$327K
- Exocad America, Inc.$31K
- Whip Mix Corporation$18K
- 3shape Inc$8K
- Hiossen, Inc.$7K
- 3M Company$6K
- plus $3K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$110,47828%
- Speaking & faculty fees$237,40659%
- Travel & lodging$14,6814%
- Food & beverage$22,1566%
- Education$6,0002%
- Entertainment$2,1241%
- Other$6,5202%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zest Holdings, LLC | 33 | $327,458 |
| Exocad America, Inc. | 14 | $31,214 |
| Whip Mix Corporation | 9 | $17,517 |
| 3shape Inc | 4 | $7,677 |
| Hiossen, Inc. | 1 | $6,500 |
| 3M Company | 4 | $6,159 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 9 | $667 |
| Vatech America, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $372 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 5 | $235 |
| Ortho Organizers, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Exoplan$18,571
- DentalCAD$6,520
- VeriPulse$6,285
- Filtek Supreme Ultra Universal Restorative Materials$6,101
- Lava Ultimate CAD/CAM Restorative$6,101
- RelyX Ultimate Cement$6,101
- RelyX Unicem & Unicem 2 Cements$6,101
- True Defintion Scanner$6,101
- exocad$6,000
- Trios, VeriSplint$5,989
- All T3 Implants$150
- Bellatek$136
- NOBELACTIVE$128
How this compares
$399,365 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 635 dentist providers in Nevada.
Other dentist in Las Vegas
- Sean MohtashamiLas Vegas$619K
- David GatesLas Vegas$85K
- Michael FloresLas Vegas$50K
- Clayton ChanLas Vegas$46K
- Mike GolpaLas Vegas$39K
- Matthew WelebirLas Vegas$25K
- Jorge PaezLas Vegas$17K
- Jeffrey SuffolettaLas Vegas$14K
- Chad HoLas Vegas$13K
- David PhamLas Vegas$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.