Employment Contract and Deferred Compensation	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Employment Contract and Deferred Compensation	NOTE L — EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION Employment Contracts As of September 1, 2009 Milestone Scientific entered into a five-year employment agreement with Leonard Osser as its Chief Executive Officer. The term of the 2009 agreement is automatically extended for successive one-year periods unless prior to August 1 of any year, either party notifies the other that he or it chooses not to extend the term. Under the 2009 agreement, the CEO receives base compensation of $300,000 per year. In addition, the CEO, may earn annual bonuses up to an aggregate of $400,000, payable one half in cash and one half in common stock, contingent upon achieving targets set for each year by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. In addition, if in any year of the term of the agreement the CEO earns a bonus, he shall also be granted five-year stock options to purchase twice the number of bonus shares earned. Each such option is to be exercisable at a price per share equal to the fair market value of a share on the date of grant (110 %) of the fair market value if the CEO is a 10% or greater stockholder on the date of grant). The options shall vest and become exercisable to the extent of one-third of the shares covered at the end of each of the first three years following the date of grant, but shall only be exercisable while the CEO is employed by Milestone Scientific or within 30 days after the termination of his employment. In 2012 the CEO waived the option component of his bonus for that year. In accordance with the employment contract, 735,369 shares of common stock are to be paid out at the end of the contract in settlement of 730,985 at December 31, 2015 and 706,716 shares of common stock are to be paid out at the end of the contract in settlement of $630,985 at December 31, 2014 of accrued deferred compensation and, accordingly, such shares have been classified in stockholders' equity with the common shares classified as to be issued.

NOTE L — EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION

Employment Contracts

As of September 1, 2009 Milestone Scientific entered into a five-year employment agreement with Leonard Osser as its Chief Executive Officer. The term of the 2009 agreement is automatically extended for successive one-year periods unless prior to August 1 of any year, either party notifies the other that he or it chooses not to extend the term. Under the 2009 agreement, the CEO receives base compensation of $300,000 per year. In addition, the CEO, may earn annual bonuses up to an aggregate of $400,000, payable one half in cash and one half in common stock, contingent upon achieving targets set for each year by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. In addition, if in any year of the term of the agreement the CEO earns a bonus, he shall also be granted five-year stock options to purchase twice the number of bonus shares earned. Each such option is to be exercisable at a price per share equal to the fair market value of a share on the date of grant (110 %) of the fair market value if the CEO is a 10% or greater stockholder on the date of grant). The options shall vest and become exercisable to the extent of one-third of the shares covered at the end of each of the first three years following the date of grant, but shall only be exercisable while the CEO is employed by Milestone Scientific or within 30 days after the termination of his employment. In 2012 the CEO waived the option component of his bonus for that year.

In accordance with the employment contract, 735,369 shares of common stock are to be paid out at the end of the contract in settlement of 730,985 at December 31, 2015 and 706,716 shares of common stock are to be paid out at the end of the contract in settlement of $630,985 at December 31, 2014 of accrued deferred compensation and, accordingly, such shares have been classified in stockholders' equity with the common shares classified as to be issued.