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Milestone Scientific Hosts Second Annual Symposium on Computer-Controlled Local Anesthetic Delivery (C-CLAD)

Posted on: Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 11:53 CDT

Event Brings Together Distinguished Panel of Dental Experts to Advance the

Art, Science and Knowledge of C-CLAD in Dentistry

LIVINGSTON, N.J., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Milestone Scientific Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MLSS), the recognized leader in advanced injection technologies, today announced that the Company will be hosting the Second Annual Symposium on Computer-Controlled Local Anesthetic Delivery (C-CLAD) in Amelia Island, Florida. This year's invitational event will welcome many of the world's leading dental practitioners, key opinion leaders and industry academics who will be reviewing and discussing the application of C-CLAD technologies in the field of Dentistry, with particular concentration on Milestone's award-winning, patented STA Single Tooth Anesthesia System(TM) (STA System).

WHEN: Friday, May 1, 2009 - Sunday, May 3, 2009 WHERE: The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island 4750 Amelia Island Parkway Fernandina Beach, Florida NOTE TO PRESS: Members of the press interested in attending the Symposium must pre-register by calling Kathy Addison or Tiffany Korkis at Elite Media Group at 407-585-1080 or Kathy@efcg.net or Tiffany@efcg.net.

Stanley Malamed, DDS, Professor of Anesthesia and Medicine School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California of Dentistry, will again be serving as the Chairman of the Symposium. Formal presentations and panel discussions will cover a broad range of C-CLAD-related topics to include:

• The History of C-CLAD
• Treating with Connection
• Heart Rate Study
• STA Compassionate Care in the 21st Century
• Injection Advances and Challenges
• Physiologic and Clinical Characteristics of PDL Anesthesia Delivered by a High Pressure Syringe and a Computerized Device
• The STA for Tots and Teens
• Computerized Local Anesthesia in Dentistry: A Review
• Today's Technology
• Managing a Successful Dental Practice: Why People Keep Coming Back
• STA - The Dental School's Perspective
• Futuristic Vistas: The Dentist/Hygienist Partnership

The state-of-the-art STA System is a computer-controlled, pressure-sensitive injection system, which provides dentists with audible and visual signals as to in-tissue pressure and needle location. Milestone's latest achievement in C-CLAD makes the injection process more comfortable for both dentists and patients and allows for the painless delivery of local anesthetic. Marketed worldwide by Milestone's growing global distributor network to dental practitioners for the painless administration of all dental injections, the STA System is uniquely capable of predictably and more comfortably administering "Single Tooth Anesthesia" into the Periodontal Intraligamentary (PDL) space, something never before possible using conventional techniques.

About Milestone Scientific Inc.

Headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey, Milestone Scientific is engaged in pioneering proprietary, highly innovative technological solutions for the medical and dental markets. Central to the Company's IP platform and product development strategy is its patented CompuFlo(R) technology for the improved and painless delivery of local anesthetic. Specifically, CompuFlo is a computer-controlled, pressure sensitive infusion, perfusion, suffusion and aspiration technology, which provides real-time readouts of pressures, fluid densities and flow rates, enabling the advanced delivery and removal of a wide array of fluids. The STA Single Tooth Anesthesia System(TM), a computer-controlled local anesthesia delivery system, uses this technology to provide dentists with audible and visual signals as to in-tissue pressure. Milestone's existing painless injection systems are currently sold in 25 countries. For more information on these and other innovative Milestone products, please visit the Company's web site found at www.milesci.com and www.STAis4U.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Elite Financial Communications Group Dodi Handy, President and CEO For Media Inquiries: Tiffany Korkis or Kathy Addison, Directors, Elite Media Group 407-585-1080 or via email at mlss@efcg.net

SOURCE Milestone Scientific Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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