Peter Gardell
Dentist · Stamford, CTNPI 1639297930
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $125,283 of the $157,790 with a category attached, or 79.4%. Patterson Companies, Inc. accounts for 70.5% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $40,920 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $8,924 in 2025. Among dentist 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 201 payments — averaging $785.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$111K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$17K
- Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.$13K
- Sirona Dental, Inc.$7K
- Dentsply LLC$5K
- Kuraray America Inc.$3K
- plus $2K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0851%
- Speaking & faculty fees$125,28379%
- Travel & lodging$13,6329%
- Food & beverage$5,1013%
- Education$8,0405%
- Gifts$4,5393%
- Entertainment$1110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 46 | $111,300 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 88 | $16,946 |
| Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. | 17 | $12,954 |
| Sirona Dental, Inc. | 2 | $6,868 |
| Dentsply LLC | 37 | $4,925 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 10 | $2,729 |
| Sirona Dental Systems GmbH | 1 | $2,068 |
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.
- CEREC$44,239
- CEREC CAD/CAM$43,755
- CAD/CAM Software$15,455
- Bluephase PowerCure & System Kit Mixed, Tetric PowerFlow Refill 1 x 2g IVW, Tetr$4,265
- Primescan Connect$2,096
- SIDEXIS$2,068
- DENTSPLY$1,176
- ORTHOPHOS$1,000
- CELTRA$987
- Prime&Bond XP$400
- Spectrum TPH3$385
- Calibra Cement$300
- Surefil SDR flow$291
- PRIMESCAN$120
How this compares
$157,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 569 dentist providers in Connecticut.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 47 | $132 |
| Ibuprofen | 27 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Stamford
- Hinna ChaudhryStamford$112K
- Leonard KundelStamford$3K
- Fatemeh EmadStamford$3K
- Jay OzaStamford$3K
- Cassandra PinkerousStamford$2K
- Avinash PatelEast Haven$61K
- David WohlFairfield$33K
- Douglas PetersonFarmington$20K
- Martin ZaseColchester$18K
- Mark FeinbergStratford$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.