On 26 March 2025, Khai Nguyen Dental Lab hosted an in-house workshop with Shofu (SotaD) on two subjects: building pink gingiva with Ceramage composite, and getting the most out of the Shofu Vintage Prime pressed ceramic system. The session was held for our technicians at the laboratory, from 09:00 to 17:00.
Speaker
Ms Connie Moy qualified as a dental technician in Taiwan. Throughout her career she has focused on practical, high-applicability solutions for modern laboratories — solutions that help a lab meet the clinician’s requirements while reducing repeated adjustments and remakes.
Part 1: pink gingiva with Ceramage composite
The hands-on element covered how to streamline gingival fabrication — shortening working time while holding the esthetic standard — using Ceramage, a composite with 73% ceramic filler. The properties discussed were:
- Resistance to wear, plaque accumulation and microleakage.
- A wide shade system that makes natural gingival tones easier to reproduce.
- A specific fabrication and surface-treatment protocol that improves the durability of the finished work.
This matters most on full-arch implant cases, where artificial gingiva is a large part of the visible result and a large part of the working time.
Part 2: the Shofu Vintage Prime pressed ceramic system
- A fresh, warm shade register that helps balance esthetics and naturalness.
- Manufactured in Japan to consistent standards.
- High flexural strength, reducing chipping.
- Maximum tooth-structure preservation, with effective resistance to crack propagation.
Why the laboratory invests in this
Working with material manufacturers is how a laboratory keeps its technical skill current. Each of these sessions maps onto a specific case type we produce — here, full-arch implant restorations with gingival reconstruction, and pressed ceramic anterior work. Related reading: dental ceramic materials comparison.
Our thanks to Shofu (SotaD) and to Ms Connie Moy for the session and for their support throughout.
What our technicians took away
In our recap post after the session, the lab noted that the technicians had taken on and applied the techniques covered, from streamlining the Ceramage pink gingiva workflow to getting better results from Vintage Prime Press restorations. The hands-on gingiva practice in particular gave the team useful experience in shortening fabrication time while keeping to the esthetic standard.
How this connects to the cases dentists send us
Artificial gingiva is part of many full-arch implant restorations, and where it is used its shade and contour are as visible as the teeth. For veneers, the lab works with three pressed lithium disilicate systems: IPS e.max Press, GC Initial LiSi Press and Shofu Vintage LD Press. Related pages:
- Case study: upper and lower All-on-X restorations with ceramic gingiva.
- Bar-supported full-arch restorations: full contour or split iBar.
- Shofu Vintage LD Press: the product page for this ceramic system.
- Pressed lithium disilicate compared: IPS e.max Press, GC LiSi Press and Shofu Vintage LD Press.
This workshop is one of several in-house sessions listed on our training and professional exchange 2025–2026 page. To send a full-arch or pressed-ceramic case, see the ordering process.
Source: Khai Nguyen Dental Lab Facebook page, March 2025.
Written for dentists and technicians. Khai Nguyen Dental Lab manufactures to clinical prescription only and does not sell directly to patients.
















