Milestone Education was, until see below), a owned subsidiary of Milestone Scientific which began operations in to provide training and education to dentists throughout the world. As of and approximately and respectively, of the revenue earned by Milestone Education is from services performed for Milestone Scientific. Because of this dependency and relationship, we determined that Milestone Scientific had the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Milestone Education's economic performance, and therefore Milestone Education is consolidated in our financial statements. Milestone Scientific  purchased the remaining of Milestone Education in for a nominal purchase price. Milestone Scientific acquired the non-controlling interest in the amount of