Patent ID: 8235722

Claim:
A method of manipulating a dental prosthetic item, comprising the steps of: providing a translucent dental prosthetic item, the dental prosthetic item including an interior surface; attaching the dental prosthetic item, via the interior surface, to a stump of a tooth or another dental prosthetic item using a layer of an adhesive in a gap between the interior surface of the dental prosthetic item and the stump or other dental prosthetic item, the interior surface of the dental prosthetic item being shaped such that a width of the gap at a transition region between the dental prosthetic item and the stump or another dental prosthetic item is less than an average width of the gap across a remaining region of the gap; establishing an adhesive bond between the dental prosthetic item and the stump or other dental prosthetic item, using the adhesive, whereby the width of the layer of the adhesive in the gap at the transition region is less than an average width of the layer of the adhesive in the gap across the remaining region of the gap; and after establishing the adhesive bond, treating the adhesive to change at least one of coloration and color intensity of the adhesive and change visual characteristics of the attached dental prosthetic item.