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Dimple Desai

Dentist · Cerritos, CA

NPI 1013170034

$163,693.60

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

16 companies · $56K in 2025

The $56K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Dentist providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $70.27).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$72,130.00
Honoraria$43,720.82
Compensation For Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker For A Medical Education Program$18,260.00
Travel and Lodging$16,507.23
Food and Beverage$3,951.16
Gift$575.04

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Kulzer, LLC $59,646.02 2023-2025
Ultradent Products INC $24,648.91 2024-2025 Opalescence
Dentsply Sirona INC $20,561.07 2020-2025 Suresmile, Dentsply
Henry Schein, INC. $17,151.98 2023-2025 A.S.A.P. All Surface Access Polishers 6-Pack Refill (Small), Paro Non-Latex Rubber Dam, Affinity Quick Bite 2pk
Clinician'S Choice Dental Products INC. $16,109.59 2021-2024
Ivoclar Vivadent, INC. $7,341.49 2022-2023
Dentsply Sirona Orthodontics INC $6,290.71 2025 Suresmile, Suresmile
Voco America INC. $5,512.85 2019-2025 Voco Retraction Paste, V-Posil, Admira Fusion
Den-Mat Holdings, LLC $4,000.00 2025
Sprintray INC $1,589.56 2023
Align Technology, INC. $449.38 2019-2022
Tokuyama Dental America INC. $250.00 2025
Patterson Companies, INC. $84.33 2021
Straumann USA LLC $24.55 2021
Orapharma, A Division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.95 2020
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
3m Company $13.21 2021

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Dimple Desai

$163,693.60

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Kulzer, LLC
Context
The $56K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Dentist providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $70.27).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.