A method for producing a dental prosthesis, including obtaining data for the teeth that are to be replaced and for their surrounding area compiling a database containing data for prefabricated tooth replacement parts excluding those tooth replacement parts which, based on the data recorded for the teeth to be replaced and for their surrounding area, are unsuitable for functional and/or aesthetic and/or stability reasons selecting the tooth replacement parts to be used using imaging software to obtain a virtual representation of the tooth replacement parts integrated into the surrounding area in the patients dentition in accordance with customary set-up rules recording the data of an actual situation in a patients mouth after preparation of the affected teeth and insertion of any implants checking the compliance of the selected tooth replacement parts with the data of the actual situation after preparation making available the selected tooth replacement parts modifying the selected tooth replacement parts according to the data of the actual situation after preparation.
