A holding device for a dental blank for clamping the holding device in a power tool, to machine the blank by material removal, has at least one recess to accommodate the blank, and the wall of the recess has a lengthwise groove, in which a fixation element can be moved towards the center of the recess by adjustment elements. A blank arrangement comprising a holding device, as well as one cylindrical or two semi-cylindrical dental blanks, is clamped in the holding device by the adjustment elements and the fixation element. The subject innovation also relates to a method for the height-appropriate positioning of a blank in the holding device according to the subject innovation using a template, and to a method for the production of a dental sintered molded part involving the sintering of the entire dental blank with the milled-out parts contained therein.
