A method for the production of a dental restoration from a blank, which has regions or layers of ceramic materials with differing compositions, comprising: a) Filling of a first layer of a first ceramic material in pourable condition into a mold , b) Smoothing the surface of the first layer before structuring the first layer in such a way that the first layer when viewed across its surface differs from region to region in its height in such a way, that elevations and depressions or valleys are formed and then as a second layer filling into the mold a second ceramic material in pourable condition with a composition that is different from that of the first layer, wherein the ceramic materials contain zirconium dioxide doped with yttrium oxide (Y 2 O 3 ), calcium oxide (CaO), magnesium oxide (MgO) and/or cerium oxide (CeO 2 ), and wherein the material of the first layer differs from the material of the second layer in terms of color and proportions of stabilized crystal forms present at room temperature, c) Pressing of the ceramic materials to form a blank, d) Removal of the blank from the mold, e) Temperature treatment of the blank, wherein in accordance with the method steps a) + b) the ceramic materials are filled into the mold and/or treated in the mold in such a way that layers and/or regions after the temperature treatment exhibit a pre-determined course that is available as a digital data set, f) Virtually designing the dental restoration or a form that corresponds to the dental restoration taking shrinkage into account, g) Virtually representing of the blank, h) Positioning of the virtually represented dental restoration or the form in the virtual representation of the blank, taking into consideration the material properties of the layers and/or regions, i) Determination of data for the blank that corresponds to the position of the virtually arranged dental restoration or the form in the blank, j) Transferring of the data to a machine to derive the dental restoration or the form from the blank. a) Filling of a first layer of a first ceramic material in pourable condition into a mold , b) Smoothing the surface of the first layer before structuring the first layer in such a way that the first layer when viewed across its surface differs from region to region in its height in such a way, that elevations and depressions or valleys are formed and then as a second layer filling into the mold a second ceramic material in pourable condition with a composition that is different from that of the first layer, wherein the ceramic materials contain zirconium dioxide doped with yttrium oxide (Y 2 O 3 ), calcium oxide (CaO), magnesium oxide (MgO) and/or cerium oxide (CeO 2 ), and wherein the material of the first layer differs from the material of the second layer in terms of color and proportions of stabilized crystal forms present at room temperature, c) Pressing of the ceramic materials to form a blank, d) Removal of the blank from the mold, e) Temperature treatment of the blank, wherein in accordance with the method steps a) + b) the ceramic materials are filled into the mold and/or treated in the mold in such a way that layers and/or regions after the temperature treatment exhibit a pre-determined course that is available as a digital data set, f) Virtually designing the dental restoration or a form that corresponds to the dental restoration taking shrinkage into account, g) Virtually representing of the blank, h) Positioning of the virtually represented dental restoration or the form in the virtual representation of the blank, taking into consideration the material properties of the layers and/or regions, i) Determination of data for the blank that corresponds to the position of the virtually arranged dental restoration or the form in the blank, j) Transferring of the data to a machine to derive the dental restoration or the form from the blank. <EOS>