Rick Mars
Dentist · Aventura, FLNPI 1316002637
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $417,183 of the $470,877 with a category attached, or 88.6%. Align Technology, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $110,348 and has fallen 94.3% since, to $6,269 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in FL 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 361 payments — averaging $1304.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$471K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$76
- Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$62
- Ormco Corporation$40
- Biolase, Inc.$5
Across 3 payments — averaging $443.33 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Align Technology, Inc.$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0600%
- Speaking & faculty fees$417,18389%
- Travel & lodging$26,2416%
- Food & beverage$25,6845%
- Education$2750%
- Gifts$3440%
- Charitable contribution$900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Align Technology, Inc. | 351 | $470,694 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 4 | $76 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $62 |
| Ormco Corporation | 1 | $40 |
| Biolase, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Invisalign$467,034
- Itero$3,983
How this compares
$470,877 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,566 dentist providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 12 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Aventura
- Karla Soto-MoleroBoca Raton$1.1M
- Daniel FentonPort St Lucie$596K
- Hyung-Jun KongWinter Park$505K
- Matthew FienBoca Raton$338K
- Reinol GonzalezDavie$234K
- Nouman MujahidJacksonville$184K
- Sausha ToghranegarDavie$155K
- Diana TadrosSeminole$125K
- Scott DruckerHollywood$116K
- John PasicznykBonita Springs$105K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.