Elemental Antibacterial Wound Dressing
Graft The Palate, Avoid The Pain
Avoid pain and reduce surgical time with the suture-free Elemental® workflow for palatal grafting.
Elemental is a zinc-based, mouldable dressing used for stabilization, conditioning and healing of soft tissues. Applied as a palatal stent, Elemental makes palatal grafting much more accessible for both the clinician and the patient by reducing surgical time and minimizing post-operative pain.
Why Choose Elemental
- mouldable after heating, sets into a rigid and stable dressing
- patented zinc-based technology
- bacteriostatic material: inhibits biofilm growth
- extremely biocompatible with human cells
- accelerates healing of underlying soft tissue
3 Steps, 2 minutes
Prior to the surgery, shape the Elemental material on the palate to create a stent.
Immediately after harvesting the graft, place the stent. There's no need to suture the donor site.
Patient wears the stent for 7 days.
Proven Effectiveness - Polymers tested according to international norms like ISO 22196, JIS Z2801 and ISO20743. The antibacterial performance measured range from 99.9% up to 99.99999%.
Biocompatible - Antibacterial (bacteriostatic) technology based on electrostatic repulsive1 properties of the trace element zinc2, identified as an element of utmost biological importance and vital to the human immune system.
Use With or Without Membranes - Elemental Antibacterial Wound Dressing can be used with or without protective membranes.
Some clinicians prefer to use the product as a replacement for membranes, while others use Elemental as an extra protective layer that can be placed over the membrane to help prevent opening and/or exposure.
100% Safe and Non-Toxic - The technology does not contain toxic substances. There are no biocides, no chlorehexidine, no silver, no triclosan, no antibiotics, no nano-materials or any other harmful chemicals.
Authorised - Safety compliance is confirmed for the use in medical devices and implants by third-party regulatory experts. The technology also fully complies with EU and USA food contact regulations.
No Leaching - There is no substance migrating or leaching to act against bacteria. The functionality is purely due to the improved mechanical/physical property of the material surface.
[1] Physico-chemistry of initial microbial adhesive interactions – its mechanisms and methods for study. Rolf Bos, Henny C. van der Mei, Henk J. Busscher
[2] A systematic review on antibacterial activity of zinc against Streptococcus mutans. Manal Mohamed Almoudi, Alaa Sabah Hussein, Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Hassan, and Nurhayati Mohamad Zain
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The free gingival graft is harvested. No sutures are placed whatsoever.
The stent is created chairside before the surgery & placed immediately after harvesting the graft.
Without delays, the graft is placed on the recipient site.
Follow-up at one week shows excellent healing and re-epithelialization. Patient experienced no pain.
