The invention relates to a pre-sintered or fully-sintered blank (3) for use for the production of a dental restoration (34), such as a dental framework, crown, partial crown, bridge, cap, veneer, abutment, pin construction, in particular multi-element bridge, consisting of a ceramic material which contains zirconium dioxide doped with yttrium oxide (Y2O3), calcium oxide (CaO), magnesium oxide (MgO) and/or cerium oxide (CeO2), when viewed across its height has layers of different compositions, wherein material of a first layer (14) differs from material of a second layer (24) in terms of color and proportions of stabilized crystal forms present at room temperature, wherein the zirconium dioxide has at least a 95 % tetragonal crystal form in the first layer and between 51 % and 80 % in the second layer, and wherein the blank (33) has at least three layers, of which one is a middle layer (28) that extends over at least 1/10 H to 1/5 H of the total height H of the blank, and which is formed from a material of the first layer (14) and the second layer (24).
