A blank which is provided for producing dental shaped parts such as crowns, bridges, veneers, abutments and the like, already has at least one preform of a dental shaped part, which is available for producing this shaped part.In particular, the preforms in the blank are prepared by machining of the blank, preferably by cutting, sawing, grinding, drilling and/or milling. The preforms are in particular preforms for single crowns.
