Commitments and Other	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Other	NOTE – 12 COMMITMENTS AND OTHER (1) Lease Commitments The headquarters for Milestone Scientific is located at 220 South Orange Ave, Livingston, New Jersey. Milestone Scientific leases approximately 7,625 square feet of office space. The lease term expires January 31, 2020 at a monthly cost of $12,522. Additionally, Milestone Scientific has other smaller insignificant leases ending through 2017. A third party distribution and logistics center in Pennsylvania handles shipping and order fulfillment on a month-to-month basis. For the three Months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, rent expense amounted to $35,232, and $13,824 respectively. (2) Contract Manufacturing Arrangement Milestone Scientific has informal arrangements for the manufacture of its products The STA (single tooth anesthesia), and CompuDent® instruments are manufactured for Milestone Scientific by Tricor Systems, Inc. pursuant to specific purchase orders. The STA and the Wand® Handpiece with Needle is supplied to Milestone Scientific by a contractor in the United States, which arranges for its manufacture with two factories in China. The termination of the manufacturing relationship with any of the above manufacturers could have a material adverse effect on Milestone Scientific’s ability to produce and sell its products. Although alternate sources of supply exist and new manufacturing relationships could be established, Milestone Scientific would need to recover its existing tools or have new tools produced. Establishment of new manufacturing relationships could involve significant expense and delay. Any curtailment or interruption of the supply, whether or not as a result of termination of such a relationship, would adversely affect Milestone Scientific. (3) Other Commitments and Subsequent Events Other Commitments In March 2014, the Board of Directors approved the Compensation Committee’s request to amend the Chief Executive Officer of Milestone Scientific’s employment agreement to provide benefits to make payments of $203,111 per year for five years to the Chief Executive Officer, or as he directs such payments to a third party, to fund his acquisition of, or contribution to an annuity, pension, or deferred distribution plan or for an investment for the Executive and his family. For each the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, approximately $51,000was charged to expense, respectively. The technology underlying the SafetyWand and CompuFlo®, and an improvement to the controls for CompuDent® were developed by the Director of Clinical Affairs and assigned to us. Milestone Scientific purchased this technology pursuant to an agreement dated January 1, 2005. The Director will receive additional payments of 2.5% of the total sales of products using certain of these technologies, and 5% of the total sales of products using certain other of the technologies. The Director of Clinical Affairs is granted, pursuant to the agreement, an option to purchase, at fair market value on the date of the grant, 8,333 shares of the common stock upon the issuance of each additional patent relating to these technologies. If products produced by third parties use any of these technologies (under license from us) then the Director of Clinical Affairs will receive the corresponding percentage of the consideration received Milestone Scientific for such sale or license. Milestone Scientific expensed the Director of Clinical Affairs’ royalty fee of $190,626 and $111,484, during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Additionally, Milestone Scientific expensed consulting fees to the Director of Clinical Affairs of $68,757 and $23,400 the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Subsequent Events Subsequent to March 31, 2016 Milestone Scientific acquired an additional 37% of the outstanding common stock of Milestone Medical by exchanging Milestone Medical shares for shares of Milestone Scientific common stock at a rate of two shares of Milestone Medical for one share of Milestone Scientific. Milestone Scientific has evaluated subsequent events and has determined that there are no other events to be disclosed.

NOTE – 12 COMMITMENTS AND OTHER

(1) Lease Commitments

The headquarters for Milestone Scientific is located at 220 South Orange Ave, Livingston, New Jersey. Milestone Scientific leases approximately 7,625 square feet of office space. The lease term expires January 31, 2020 at a monthly cost of $12,522. Additionally, Milestone Scientific has other smaller insignificant leases ending through 2017. A third party distribution and logistics center in Pennsylvania handles shipping and order fulfillment on a month-to-month basis. For the three Months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, rent expense amounted to $35,232, and $13,824 respectively.

(2) Contract Manufacturing Arrangement

Milestone Scientific has informal arrangements for the manufacture of its products The STA (single tooth anesthesia), and CompuDent® instruments are manufactured for Milestone Scientific by Tricor Systems, Inc. pursuant to specific purchase orders. The STA and the Wand® Handpiece with Needle is supplied to Milestone Scientific by a contractor in the United States, which arranges for its manufacture with two factories in China.

The termination of the manufacturing relationship with any of the above manufacturers could have a material adverse effect on Milestone Scientific’s ability to produce and sell its products. Although alternate sources of supply exist and new manufacturing relationships could be established, Milestone Scientific would need to recover its existing tools or have new tools produced. Establishment of new manufacturing relationships could involve significant expense and delay. Any curtailment or interruption of the supply, whether or not as a result of termination of such a relationship, would adversely affect Milestone Scientific.

(3) Other Commitments and Subsequent Events

Other Commitments

In March 2014, the Board of Directors approved the Compensation Committee’s request to amend the Chief Executive Officer of Milestone Scientific’s employment agreement to provide benefits to make payments of $203,111 per year for five years to the Chief Executive Officer, or as he directs such payments to a third party, to fund his acquisition of, or contribution to an annuity, pension, or deferred distribution plan or for an investment for the Executive and his family. For each the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, approximately $51,000was charged to expense, respectively.

The technology underlying the SafetyWand and CompuFlo®, and an improvement to the controls for CompuDent® were developed by the Director of Clinical Affairs and assigned to us. Milestone Scientific purchased this technology pursuant to an agreement dated January 1, 2005. The Director will receive additional payments of 2.5% of the total sales of products using certain of these technologies, and 5% of the total sales of products using certain other of the technologies. The Director of Clinical Affairs is granted, pursuant to the agreement, an option to purchase, at fair market value on the date of the grant, 8,333 shares of the common stock upon the issuance of each additional patent relating to these technologies. If products produced by third parties use any of these technologies (under license from us) then the Director of Clinical Affairs will receive the corresponding percentage of the consideration received Milestone Scientific for such sale or license. Milestone Scientific expensed the Director of Clinical Affairs’ royalty fee of $190,626 and $111,484, during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Additionally, Milestone Scientific expensed consulting fees to the Director of Clinical Affairs of $68,757 and $23,400 the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Subsequent Events

Subsequent to March 31, 2016 Milestone Scientific acquired an additional 37% of the outstanding common stock of Milestone Medical by exchanging Milestone Medical shares for shares of Milestone Scientific common stock at a rate of two shares of Milestone Medical for one share of Milestone Scientific.

Milestone Scientific has evaluated subsequent events and has determined that there are no other events to be disclosed.