Device Implant Dentistry

Implant Dentistry

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

$2.4Massociated payments (2023-2025)

4,413clinicians with associated payments

10companies reporting

By year

2023 $1.1M

2024 $861K

2025 $430K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Dentist $640K

General Practice (Dentist) $578K

Prosthodontics $477K

Periodontics $332K

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery $133K

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery $97K

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

Clinicians most associated with Implant Dentistry

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Implant Dentistry. 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)
Rodrigo Neiva	Philadelphia, PA	Dentist	$114,439.66
Mark Ludlow	West Jordan, UT	General Practice (Dentist)	$112,959.83
Tara Aghaloo	Los Angeles, CA	Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	$83,409.18
David Barack	Skokie, IL	Periodontics	$74,804.72
Mark Montana	Tempe, AZ	Prosthodontics	$70,663.93
Barry Goldenberg	Saint Louis, MO	Prosthodontics	$61,162.09
Christopher Barwacz	Iowa City, IA	Dentist	$60,735.78
Ariel Raigrodski	Lynnwood, WA	Prosthodontics	$56,807.38
Daniel Butterman	Centennial, CO	Dentist	$45,563.03
Luciano Retana	Boulder, CO	Prosthodontics	$45,238.32

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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.