Scott Strommer
Dentist · San Diego, CANPI 1043639669
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $86,969 of the $100,056 with a category attached, or 86.9%. Patterson Companies, Inc. accounts for 77.9% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $28,960 and has fallen 90.3% since, to $2,801 in 2025. Among dentist clinicians in CA 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 131 payments — averaging $763.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$78K
- Truabutment Inc.$13K
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$5K
- Straumann USA LLC$2K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$2K
- Henry Schein One, LLC$200
- plus $224 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$86,96987%
- Travel & lodging$7,5798%
- Food & beverage$3,1483%
- Education$5911%
- Gifts$6531%
- Entertainment$1,1171%
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. | 47 | $77,934 |
| Truabutment Inc. | 8 | $13,305 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 55 | $4,977 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 13 | $1,916 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Henry Schein One, LLC | 1 | $200 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| 3M Company | 1 | $29 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $13 |
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 CAD/CAM$77,850
- CEREC ZIRCONIA$3,000
- CEREC$1,966
- CEREC GUIDE$1,500
- Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Connect Inbox SW$1,500
- DENTSPLY$793
- DENTRIX ASCEND IMAGING$200
- PRIMESCAN$120
- Primescan Connect$101
How this compares
$100,056 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,550 dentist providers in California.
Other dentist in San Diego
- Lynne ThomasSan Diego$88K
- Robert DrurySan Diego$86K
- Jose RuizSan Diego$80K
- Louie Al-FarajeSan Diego$70K
- Vinita VermaSan Diego$52K
- Todd EngelLadera Ranch$4.2M
- Jedediah HussThousand Oaks$1.3M
- John DiponzianoSan Leandro$904K
- Jeffrey RohdeSanta Barbara$593K
- Troy SchueddingWalnut Creek$468K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.