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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

DAMON O WATSON
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DAMON O WATSON

Listed Specialty: Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1200 S WASHINGTON AVE, ROYAL OAK, MI, 48067-3222
* Note: This physician had a Virginia practice address when the most recent payments were reported.
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DR. DAMON WATSON,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

14

payments

$1,828

payment total

6

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Travel and Lodging
 4 $1,352
Food and Beverage
 10 $476

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
VSP RECONSTRUCTION

device

 $1,276
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $268
TSV NG SURGICAL

device

 $140
TAPERED SCREW

device

 $85
BIOHORIZONS DENTAL IMPLANTS

device

 $50
PUROS

device

 $10
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
May 15, 2018 $736 VSP RECONSTRUCTION Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 4, 2018 $273 VSP RECONSTRUCTION Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Jun 3, 2018 $250 VSP RECONSTRUCTION Travel and Lodging STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 11, 2018 $202 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARESTREAM DENTAL, LLC
Dec 4, 2018 $94 TSV NG SURGICAL Travel and Lodging ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $65 TAPERED SCREW Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dec 12, 2018 $50 BIOHORIZONS DENTAL IMPLANTS Food and Beverage BIOHORIZONS IMPLANT SYSTEMS INC.
Jun 13, 2018 $39 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SALVIN DENTAL SPECIALTIES, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $33 TSV NG SURGICAL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $27 No Listed Product Food and Beverage STRAUMANN USA LLC
Sep 19, 2018 $19 TAPERED SCREW Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $17 VSP RECONSTRUCTION Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Aug 3, 2018 $13 TSV NG SURGICAL Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $10 PUROS Food and Beverage ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.