Simon Young
Dentist · Houston, TXNPI 1396028338
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,532 of the $12,012 with a category attached, or 79.4%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kls-martin L.p. at 24.9% of the total. Among dentist clinicians in TX 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 123 payments — averaging $97.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kls-martin L.p.$3K
- Axogen$3K
- Stryker$3K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$1K
- Straumann USA LLC$698
- Zimmer Biomet$340
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5695%
- Travel & lodging$1,89716%
- Food & beverage$9,53279%
- Gifts$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kls-martin L.p. | 20 | $2,997 |
| Axogen | 28 | $2,735 |
| Stryker | 26 | $2,631 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 10 | $1,226 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 3 | $698 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $340 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 4 | $265 |
| Merck | 2 | $240 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $196 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 3 | $148 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 2 | $126 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 2 | $88 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $87 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Abbott | 3 | $55 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Zest Holdings, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $20 |
| 3d Systems | 1 | $14 |
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.
- VSP SYSTEM, VSP CRANIAL$1,146
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,111
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$829
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$829
- CUSTOM IMPLANTS$316
- NA$227
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$145
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$145
- UNIVERSAL MANDIBLE$143
- HYBRID MMF$143
- INTERMAXILLARY FIXATION$143
- UNIVERSAL MID-FACE$143
- SMARTLOCK$136
- Walter$133
- KEYTRUDA$120
How this compares
$12,012 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,816 dentist providers in Texas.
Other dentist in Houston
- Xavier SaabHouston$1.5M
- Amy RidallHouston$141K
- Michael TranHouston$31K
- Ali SajadiHouston$29K
- Chun-Teh LeeHouston$21K
- Justin LaiHouston$16K
- Emeric BoudreauxHouston$16K
- Poria RafieiHouston$13K
- Hieu NguyenHouston$12K
- Ryan QuockHouston$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.