Michael Sonick
Periodontics · Fairfield, CTNPI 1225253016
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (60.0%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimvie Inc. at 41.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $112,056 and has fallen 64.9% since, to $39,321 in 2025. Among periodontics clinicians in CT 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 373 payments — averaging $1004.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$155K
- Zimmer Biomet$137K
- Snoasis Medical, LLC$35K
- Community Blood Center$28K
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$9K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$6K
- plus $4K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$224,78360%
- Speaking & faculty fees$67,76018%
- Travel & lodging$33,9169%
- Food & beverage$5,2851%
- Education$42,87511%
- Gifts$230%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimvie Inc. | 176 | $155,022 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 132 | $137,439 |
| Snoasis Medical, LLC | 15 | $34,893 |
| Community Blood Center | 31 | $28,434 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 11 | $8,919 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 5 | $5,607 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $4,302 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $25 |
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.
- Tapered Screw-Vent$70,658
- Zimmer Biomet Instruments and Implants$66,789
- 3i T3$64,198
- Diem2$27,733
- OSSEOTITE NT$25,538
- Bellatek$23,000
- All T3 Implants$19,845
- Puros$15,285
- Biomet Biologics$8,604
- BioMend$8,541
- Bio-Gide$8,506
- Dental-None$7,955
- All Osseotite Implants$7,369
- CopiOs-Dental$5,285
- ALLOGRAFT$5,285
- Surgical Instruments$5,285
- Dental Product Portfolio$414
- Trabecular Metal (TM)$221
- Bio-Materials$166
- TMT MTX$125
How this compares
$374,642 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 71 periodontics providers in Connecticut.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 154 | $828 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $514 |
| Amoxicillin | 129 | $459 |
| Ibuprofen | 91 | $383 |
| Sodium FluorideFluoride (Sodium) | 16 | $128 |
| Azithromycin | 12 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other periodontics in Fairfield
- Cary ShapoffFairfield$11K
- Evelyn SpencerFairfield$5K
- Perry WasserlaufFairfield$3K
- Rui MaFairfield$686
- Stephen WallaceWaterbury$72K
- David GelbWest Hartford$27K
- Gregory TobackNew London$25K
- Matthew CantnerOld Saybrook$15K
- Jesse SorrentinoFarmington$10K
- Matthew MillerGroton$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.