Single Tooth Anesthesia Device - Milestone Scientific

Milestone Scientific Inc. has received FDA 510(k) Premarket Notification clearance for the marketing and sale of its Single Tooth Anaesthesia Device (STA).

The STA is a Computer Controlled Local Anaesthesia Delivery Device provides audible and visual "biofeedback" to the dentist by measuring the pressure at the tip of the needle.
STA utilises Milestone Scientific's patented CompuFlo pressure measuring technology in order to provide the same.

The periodontal ligament (PDL) injection, anaesthetises only the tooth that requires repair and is very difficult for most dentists to administer using current techniques and can be extremely painful for the patient, dentists typically assure effective anaesthetic administration by using a "mandibular block" that anaesthetises a quarter of the face in addition to the single tooth being worked on. The STA device incorporates the "biofeedback" elements of Milestone's patented CompuFlo technology, thereby allowing dentists to administer injections accurately into the periodontal ligament space, anaesthetising a single tooth.

Commenting on this Leonard Osser, Chief Executive Officer of Milestone Scientific Inc. said that although CompuDent did address the difficulty of administering single-tooth injections, the procedure was technique-sensitive, which limited its appeal to many dental professionals. Addressed this challenge by incorporating 'biofeedback' features from our CompuFlo technology into the STA device, thereby providing dentists with audible and visual 'prompts' that make it easy to administer a PDL injection accurately and painlessly.

The STA procedure also avoids the collateral numbness associated with mandibular blocks and shortens the amount of time the patient must spend in the chair. Because the lips, cheeks and tongue are not numbed when using a PDL injection, dentists can also work on teeth that are located on opposite sides of the mouth during the same office visit. The STA will be introduced in the first quarter of 2007.