Robert Blackwell
Dentist · Brookfield, ILNPI 1205964137
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $139,761 of the $164,346 with a category attached, or 85.0%. Straumann USA LLC accounts for 63.7% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $43,227 and has fallen 69.2% since, to $13,325 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in IL 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 221 payments — averaging $743.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Straumann USA LLC$105K
- Keystone Dental Inc.$45K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$6K
- Dentsply IH Inc.$4K
- Southern Implants North America Inc$4K
- Whip Mix Corporation$238
- plus $353 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$139,76185%
- Travel & lodging$14,7379%
- Food & beverage$5,5073%
- Education$1,9531%
- Entertainment$8891%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Straumann USA LLC | 138 | $104,647 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 11 | $45,308 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 14 | $5,752 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 3 | $4,148 |
| Southern Implants North America Inc | 43 | $3,899 |
| Whip Mix Corporation | 3 | $238 |
| Southern Anesthesia & Surgical, Inc (dba ACE Southern) | 1 | $156 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $60 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 2 | $33 |
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.
- Implant Dentistry$4,000
- Inverta$1,541
- ASTRA TECH Implant System$1,403
- Provata$207
How this compares
$164,346 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,138 dentist providers in Illinois.
Other dentist in Brookfield
- Michael BicknellElmhurst$1.3M
- Lori TrostRed Bud$492K
- Meena BarsoumArlington Heights$384K
- Richard CottrellLake Forest$278K
- M SharifiChicago$163K
- Chiann GibsonNaperville$155K
- Manal IbrahimChicago$133K
- Glenn DeweirdtWoodridge$125K
- Meredith GantosNaperville$61K
- Stephen MartinChicago$53K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.