Todd Engel
Dentist · Ladera Ranch, CANPI 1902041726
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $4,077,967 of the $4,178,518 with a category attached, or 97.6%. Straumann USA LLC accounts for 81.0% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 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 309 payments — averaging $13,523 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Straumann USA LLC$3.4M
- Vatech America, Inc.$781K
- Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc.$8K
- Meisinger USA, LLC$3K
- Henry Schein, Inc.$2K
- Kettenbach LP$217
- plus $133 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$74,6382%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,077,96798%
- Travel & lodging$10,1830%
- Food & beverage$11,9580%
- Education$1750%
- Gifts$3,5060%
- Entertainment$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 |
|---|---|---|
| Straumann USA LLC | 198 | $3,384,547 |
| Vatech America, Inc. | 57 | $780,616 |
| Salvin Dental Specialties, Inc. | 45 | $7,877 |
| Meisinger USA, LLC | 4 | $3,126 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $2,000 |
| Kettenbach LP | 1 | $217 |
| Sprintray Inc | 1 | $81 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 2 | $52 |
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.
- AD&I2$2,472
- ALV18$275
- IPK01$255
- 2575$124
How this compares
$4,178,518 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,550 dentist providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $110 |
| Amoxicillin | 41 | $102 |
| Ibuprofen | 31 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dentist in Ladera Ranch
- Jedediah HussThousand Oaks$1.3M
- John DiponzianoSan Leandro$904K
- Jeffrey RohdeSanta Barbara$593K
- Troy SchueddingWalnut Creek$468K
- Todd SnyderLaguna Niguel$427K
- Saima HasnainSacramento$415K
- August de OliveiraEncino$332K
- Brian NovyNewhall$297K
- Christopher HagenFountain Valley$289K
- Janice WangWalnut Creek$287K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.