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David Anderson, DDS, MD, spent years watching gauze fail in the surgical field and decided to fix it himself.

David Anderson, DDS, MD

Oral Surgeon and Founder, Millcreek Services LLC

Credentials & Background

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DDS, MD Doctor of Dental Surgery and Doctor of Medicine

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Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Active practice in Salt Lake City, Utah

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Uses It Every Procedure 100% personal case adoption. The only endorsement that matters.

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Founder, Millcreek Services LLC Utah-based company with a singular focus on this one problem

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Born from Surgical Practice Every dimension reflects something observed, measured, and improved through actual surgical cases

Dr. Anderson did not accept the limitations of gauze as inevitable. He identified each failure mode systematically and engineered a response that addresses every one of them. He then brought it to market so every surgeon who faces the same frustration has access to the same solution.

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I don't know about you, but I was sick and tired of fluid getting past the gauze during an oral surgical procedure.

Dr. David Anderson, DDS, MD, Founder of Laryngosponge

That frustration became the Laryngosponge. Not a product from a lab or a boardroom, but a tool designed by a surgeon who was simply done accepting an inadequate solution.

Every surgeon who has worked in the oral and maxillofacial space knows that moment. The irrigation runs, the handpiece is turning, and you watch the gauze shift, compress, or simply fail to hold back the tide. It is not a rare event. It is a routine frustration with very real consequences.

Dr. Anderson did not accept that frustration as inevitable. He began designing a solution in the same spirit that drives good surgery: identify the failure point, understand the anatomy, and engineer a response that works every single time.

The result was the Laryngosponge, a pharyngeal protection device purpose-built for the demands of oral surgery under general anesthesia. Not adapted from wound care. Not repurposed. Built from the ground up for exactly this problem.

The Problem That Started Everything

Gauze Was Never Designed for This

Standard gauze was developed for external wound care and hemostasis. Placing it in the posterior oral cavity during a powered surgical procedure asks it to do something it was never engineered to do: create a reliable, stable, drill-safe barrier against fluid and debris in a moving, wet, anatomically complex space.

Every oral and maxillofacial surgeon accepts this as a limitation of the trade. Dr. Anderson decided it did not have to be.

Why Gauze Isn't Enough

The Four Failure Modes

Through systematic observation, Dr. Anderson identified the four ways gauze fails: it loses its seal as it saturates; rotating burs catch the fibers and pull it out of position; it provides no structural support for the tongue; and it does nothing to reduce the risk of laryngospasm triggered by aspirated material.

Each of these failure modes was a design requirement for the Laryngosponge. Each one is addressed by the final product.

The Invention

Designed in Surgery. Refined by Use.

The Laryngosponge was designed with a smooth, dense surface that burs pass over without catching. The material is contoured to the anatomy of the posterior pharynx, maintaining its shape and seal regardless of head position or irrigation volume. The thickness is calibrated to both absorb fluid and provide a stable posterior platform for tongue management.

It was not designed in a laboratory removed from surgical reality. Every dimension reflects something Dr. Anderson observed, measured, and improved through actual cases.

Used in Every Procedure

100% Adoption in His Own Practice

Dr. Anderson uses the Laryngosponge in every surgical case he performs. That is not a marketing claim. It is the most direct statement of confidence a surgeon can make. He designed it, he refined it, and he trusts it with every patient who sits in his chair.

That standard of trust is what he offers to every surgeon who orders from Millcreek Services LLC.

Millcreek Services LLC

A Small Company with a Singular Focus

Millcreek Services LLC is a Utah-based company founded by Dr. Anderson with one purpose: to make the Laryngosponge available to the surgeons who need it. There is no product line diversification, no pivot toward adjacent markets. This is a company that was built to solve one problem and solve it well.

Orders are processed securely through PayPal. Both sizes, Yellow 1/2″ and White 3/4″, are available in packs from 25 units up to 500. The company can be reached directly at (801) 255-3056 or laryngosponge@gmail.com.

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Clinical Benefits

What the Laryngosponge
Delivers

Reduces Aspiration Risk

By sealing the pharynx and containing fluid within the sponge barrier, the risk of aspiration during the procedure is substantially reduced for both sedated and conscious patients.

Decreases Laryngospasm Trigger

The primary cause of intraoperative laryngospasm is aspiration of foreign material. By addressing this directly, the Laryngosponge reduces a serious airway complication at its source.

High Absorbency

The material absorbs fluid efficiently. When saturated, simply squeeze out, reposition, and continue without breaking the sterile field or stopping the procedure to replace it.

Tongue Displacement

Provides a stable posterior platform that holds the tongue away from the operative field, improving visibility and reducing soft-tissue trauma risk throughout the procedure.

Reduces Procedure Interruption

Fewer fluid management stops, no drill catches, no emergency gauze changes. Cleaner, faster, more focused procedures from the first incision to closure.

Cost-Effective

At as low as $1.10 per sponge at volume, the Laryngosponge is one of the highest-value safety improvements available for any oral surgical practice. Single-use simplicity with no reprocessing cost.

Try It in Your
Next Procedure

Order Laryngosponges today and bring the same protection Dr. Anderson trusts with his own patients into your practice.

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Built by a Surgeon.Trusted in Every Case.