Samuel Wakim
Dentist · Clermont, FLNPI 1740331925
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 127 payments — averaging $40.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Align Technology, Inc.$3K
- Straumann USA LLC$890
- Sonendo Inc$366
- Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$302
- Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$256
- Implant Direct Sybron International LLC$103
- plus $364 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$852%
- Travel & lodging$57611%
- Food & beverage$3,51069%
- Education$91718%
- Gifts$170%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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. | 35 | $2,826 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 12 | $890 |
| Sonendo Inc | 6 | $366 |
| Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 38 | $302 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 16 | $256 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 2 | $103 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $59 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 2 | $53 |
| Midmark Corporation | 1 | $52 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| VOCO America Inc. | 2 | $20 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| GC America Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Ultradent Products Inc | 2 | $10 |
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$1,946
- GentleWave Console$154
How this compares
$5,105 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 | 38 | $173 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Clermont
- Karla Soto-MoleroBoca Raton$1.1M
- Daniel FentonPort St Lucie$596K
- Hyung-Jun KongWinter Park$505K
- Rick MarsAventura$471K
- Matthew FienBoca Raton$338K
- Reinol GonzalezDavie$234K
- Nouman MujahidJacksonville$184K
- Sausha ToghranegarDavie$155K
- Dania OramasHialeah$130K
- Diana TadrosSeminole$125K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.