Making your 1st
Elemental stent
3 steps to make a stent
What to look out for
Use the free sample to make your 1st stent.
In 3 steps, you will learn to
Turn the heated material into a disk.
Shape the disk into a stent on the palate.
Trim & finish the stent once it’s set.
What makes a great stent?
Use the example stent to examine your stent.
Bite function.
Almost translucent on occlusal surfaces.
Tight palatal adaptation.
Palatal anatomy visible in stent.
Strong retention.
Occlusal surfaces & interproximal on buccal side.
Thin stent.
Approximately 2mm / 0.1 inch.
Let's get started!
What to look out for
Make the stent before numbing the palate.
  • to make sure the stent still fits when the swelling is gone
Tight palatal adaptation
  • critical to stabilise the blood clot
  • prevent suturing & post-operative bleeding
Long enough
to cover grafting site
Wide enough
for buccal retention
PART 1 / 3
Making & placing
the disk.
Heat 1 sheet of PerioPlast®
  • Open up 1 sheet (all 4 cubes) and pour it into the heated water.
  • Stir for 10 seconds. The individual granules will start to clit together.
Pull the material off the forceps.
  • Once the material sticks to the forceps, take it out of the water.
  • Then, pull the material off the forceps.
Apply Vaseline® on your gloves to prevent sticking.
Shape a disk by pressing the material. Don’t stretch.
  • The thinner the disk, the more comfortable for the patient.
  • Don’t stretch or pull the material: it will make the disk uneven.
Quick check
Long enough to cover the graft site.
Wide enough for buccal retention.
Sit behind the patient to place disk in the mouth.
Position the disk in the mouth.
  • Sufficiently posterior, so there’s no material visible in the anterior zone.
  • Sufficiently buccal, so you can press it interproximally.
PART 2 / 3
Shaping the stent on the palate
Press firmly onto the occlusal surfaces.
Wrap around the vestibular sides.
Press firmly onto the palate.
Crucial for tight palatal adaptation!
Close in full occlusion for 1 minute.
While in occlusion, press interproximally.
PART 3 / 3
Trimming & finishing the stent.
Remove gently when it’s set.
  • Take it out the stent when you can no longer make a dent into the material.
  • Take it out gently to deform as little as possible.
Dunk in cold water to set harder.
If needed, trim with scissors.
After trimming, sharp edges can be smoothened with a heated instrument.
When to trim?
When the stent covers the soft palate.
When the stent covers the alveolar mucosa.
Have patient fit the stent & confirm the comfort.
The stent is now ready!
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Making your 1st Elemental stent
What to look out for
3 steps to make a stent
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Making your 1st Elemental stent
In 3 steps, you will learn to
Turn the heated material into a disk.
Shape the disk into a stent on the palate.
Trim & finish the stent once it’s set.
What makes a great stent?
Use the example stent to examine your stent.
Bite function.
Almost translucent on occlusal surfaces.
Tight palatal adaptation.
Palatal anatomy visible in stent.
Strong retention.
Occlusal surfaces & interproximal on buccal side.
Thin stent.
Approximately 2mm / 0.1 inch.
Let's get started!
What to look out for
Make the stent before numbing the palate.
  • to make sure the stent still fits when the swelling is gone
Tight palatal adaptation.
  • critical to stabilise the blood clot
  • prevent suturing & post-operative bleeding
Long enough to cover grafting site.
Wide enough for buccal retention.
PART 1 / 3
Making & placing
the disk.
Heat 1 sheet of PerioPlast®
  • Open up 1 sheet (all 4 cubes) and pour it into the heated water.
  • Stir for 10 seconds. The individual granules will start to clit together.
Pull the material off the forceps.
  • Once the material sticks to the forceps, take it out of the water.
  • Then, pull the material off the forceps.
Apply Vaseline® on your gloves to prevent sticking.
Shape a disk by pressing the material. Don’t stretch.
  • The thinner the disk, the more comfortable for the patient.
  • Don’t stretch or pull the material: it will make the disk uneven.
  • Gently the press the material into the desired shape.
Quick check
Long enough to cover the graft site.
Wide enough for buccal retention.
Sit behind the patient to place disk in the mouth.
  • Sitting behind the patient is the easiest way to position the material in the mouth.
Position the disk in the mouth.
  • Sufficiently posterior, so there’s no material visible in the anterior zone.
  • Sufficiently buccal, so you can press it interproximally.
PART 2 / 3
Shaping the stent on the palate.
Press the disk firmly onto the occlusal surfaces.
Wrap around the vestibular sides.
Press firmly onto the palate.
Crucial for tight palatal adaptation!
Close in full occlusion for 1 minute.
  • This will create a stent with bite function, enabling the patient to eat.
  • Important to secure stable retention.
While in occlusion, press interproximally.
  • Important to lock the stent in the interproximal areas for stable retention.
PART 3 / 3
Trimming & finishing the stent.
Remove gently when it’s set.
  • Remove the stent when you can no longer make a dent into the material.
  • Take it out gently to deform as little as possible.
Dunk in cold water to set harder.
If needed, trim with scissors.
After trimming, sharp edges can be smoothened with a heated instrument.
When to trim?
When the stent covers the soft palate.
When the stent covers the alveolar mucosa.
Have patient fit the stent & confirm the comfort.
The stent is now ready!
Get support from an Elemental specialist
Email Sylvi at
sylvi.boer@withelemental.com
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