Peter Auster
Dentist · Pomona, NYNPI 1639293855
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $201,971 of the $233,659 with a category attached, or 86.4%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Tokuyama Dental America Inc. at 39.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $38,838 and has fallen 57.2% since, to $16,627 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in NY 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 166 payments — averaging $1407.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tokuyama Dental America Inc.$93K
- VOCO America Inc.$27K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$25K
- GC America Inc.$18K
- Shofu Dental Corp$16K
- Bisco, Inc.$13K
- plus $41K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,2004%
- Speaking & faculty fees$201,97186%
- Travel & lodging$2,3711%
- Food & beverage$14,8166%
- Education$2,1071%
- Gifts$3,1941%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tokuyama Dental America Inc. | 49 | $93,191 |
| VOCO America Inc. | 20 | $27,079 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 17 | $25,338 |
| GC America Inc. | 19 | $17,991 |
| Shofu Dental Corp | 4 | $16,000 |
| Bisco, Inc. | 6 | $13,013 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 6 | $11,052 |
| Pulpdent Corporation | 5 | $9,051 |
| DMG America LLC | 20 | $8,722 |
| Premier Dental Products Company | 7 | $4,600 |
| Coltene Whaledent Inc. | 2 | $2,500 |
| Kettenbach LP | 3 | $2,000 |
| Prexion, Inc. | 2 | $1,500 |
| Garrison Dental Solutions | 3 | $1,371 |
| Dentsply LLC | 1 | $200 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $25 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $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.
- Futurabond U$14,000
- VisCalor$10,166
- VisCalor bulk$8,666
- Admira Fusion x-tra$7,500
- Opalescence$7,500
- GC FUJI$7,500
- VOCO Retraction Paste$5,676
- G-aenial$5,272
- LUXACROWN$5,000
- G-aenial Universal Injectable$4,526
- Admira Fusion$3,600
- Dental and Orthodontic supplies$3,500
- MI Paste$2,173
- LUXATEMP$2,000
- LUXAFLOW ULTRA$2,000
- TEMPOCEM ID$2,000
- G-CEM$2,000
- G-aenial Sculpt$1,745
- LUXATEMP ULTRA$1,500
- Solo Diamonds$1,500
How this compares
$233,659 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,954 dentist providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 11 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Pomona
- Marvin FierPomona$143K
- David GallerWoodmere$4.3M
- Jehyun ChongFlushing$1.6M
- Jeffrey GallerBrooklyn$532K
- Andrew ReingoldNew York$486K
- Steven GlassmanNew York$473K
- Ron KaminerHewlett$455K
- Jason KimFlushing$427K
- Robert MikhliBrooklyn$290K
- Paul SiuNew York$178K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.