Device Dental Equipment

Cerec

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Cerec. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$1.4Massociated payments (2023-2025)

3,302clinicians with associated payments

7companies reporting

By year

2023 $415K

2024 $802K

2025 $176K

Payments reported as associated with Cerec, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

General Practice (Dentist) $801K

Dentist $469K

Periodontics $64K

Prosthodontics $40K

Endodontics $4,893

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery $3,234

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Cerec

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Cerec. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

Clinician	Location	Specialty	Associated payments (2023-2025)
Nancy Reeves	Norfolk, VA	General Practice (Dentist)	$214,458.62
Stephen Sterlitz	Lexington, KY	General Practice (Dentist)	$100,947.37
Alan Douglas	San Antonio, TX	General Practice (Dentist)	$63,860.07
Jeffrey Roberts	Tucson, AZ	Dentist	$59,980.00
Daniel Vasquez	Oceanside, CA	General Practice (Dentist)	$58,000.40
Meena Barsoum	Arlington Heights, IL	Dentist	$47,102.63
John Yu	Oro Valley, AZ	General Practice (Dentist)	$40,704.86
Jingjing Wu	Wood Ridge, NJ	Dentist	$39,990.00
Heath Wallace	Weston, OH	Dentist	$32,003.83
Takanari Miyamoto	La Vista, NE	Periodontics	$27,867.76

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What this means, and what it doesn't

These payments are legal and common. Drug and device makers routinely pay for meals at educational events, consulting, speaking, travel, and research. Companies are required by federal law to report them; that's why this data exists.
A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing. Most clinicians who accept industry payments provide excellent care. Research payments in particular often reflect participation in clinical trials.
Context beats raw numbers. A few hundred dollars in sandwiches over several years is typical. What's worth understanding is scale, source, and purpose, which is what this page shows.
The data comes from companies, not doctors. Figures are "as reported to CMS" by the paying companies. Clinicians can dispute records through CMS's official process.

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.