Method for detecting the gingival situation and for producing a virtual or real model of a gingival restauration, in which A) an analysis of at least one region of the gingival situation is performed with respect to its shades of red, the position of the shades of red and/or the colour gradient of the shades of red and, optionally, the geometry and/or morphology, the analysis being performed digitally, and B) obtaining gingival information, analysis A) being performed as a digital analysis, by - at least one region of the gingival situation and, optionally, one region of the face being detected using a colour grey chart and/or a grey chart for calibration, the region of the gingiva being detected digitally in a two- or three-dimensional manner in conjunction with the chart, digital gingival information being obtained as a digital data set, or - by a two- or three-dimensional detection of at least one region of the gingival situation and, optionally, of the dental situation and, optionally, of a region of the face and at least one colour region having a shade of red of an indexing device being performed, the detection being performed in conjunction with the detection of at least one part of a colour grey chart and/or grey chart for calibration, digital gingival information being obtained as a digital data set C) producing a virtual or real model of a gingival restauration. A) an analysis of at least one region of the gingival situation is performed with respect to its shades of red, the position of the shades of red and/or the colour gradient of the shades of red and, optionally, the geometry and/or morphology, the analysis being performed digitally, and B) obtaining gingival information, analysis A) being performed as a digital analysis, by - at least one region of the gingival situation and, optionally, one region of the face being detected using a colour grey chart and/or a grey chart for calibration, the region of the gingiva being detected digitally in a two- or three-dimensional manner in conjunction with the chart, digital gingival information being obtained as a digital data set, or - by a two- or three-dimensional detection of at least one region of the gingival situation and, optionally, of the dental situation and, optionally, of a region of the face and at least one colour region having a shade of red of an indexing device being performed, the detection being performed in conjunction with the detection of at least one part of a colour grey chart and/or grey chart for calibration, digital gingival information being obtained as a digital data set - at least one region of the gingival situation and, optionally, one region of the face being detected using a colour grey chart and/or a grey chart for calibration, the region of the gingiva being detected digitally in a two- or three-dimensional manner in conjunction with the chart, digital gingival information being obtained as a digital data set, or - by a two- or three-dimensional detection of at least one region of the gingival situation and, optionally, of the dental situation and, optionally, of a region of the face and at least one colour region having a shade of red of an indexing device being performed, the detection being performed in conjunction with the detection of at least one part of a colour grey chart and/or grey chart for calibration, digital gingival information being obtained as a digital data set C) producing a virtual or real model of a gingival restauration.