Dental ceramic blank comprising at least one organic compound, the blank being partially sintered and having an open-pored ceramic scaffold, characterised in that the open-pored ceramic scaffold is selected from an open-pored dental ceramic scaffold comprising zirconium dioxide, aluminium oxide, mixed oxide comprising zirconium dioxide and/or silicon carbide, the open-pored ceramic scaffold having from 5 to 50 % by weight at least one organic compound, based on the total composition of the dental ceramic blank, the at least one organic compound being selected from a) at least one polymerisable monomer and/or mixture of polymerisable monomers, the monomer being selected from mono-functional monomers comprising 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), glycol methyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, (methyl) methacrylate and/or at least one di-, tri-, tetra- or multi-functional monomer comprising 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate (1,4-BDMA) or pentaerythritol tetraacrylate, bis-GMA monomer (bisphenol-A glycidyl methacrylate), triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) and diethylene glycol dimethacrylate (DEGMA), tetraethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, alkyldiol di(meth)acrylate with C2 to C15 in the alkyl group, decanediol di(meth)acrylate, dodecanediol di(meth)acrylate, hexyldecanediol di(meth)acrylate, trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate as well as butanediol di(meth)acrylate, ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylates, ethoxylated/propoxylated bisphenol-A di(meth)acrylates, tris(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate triacrylate, urethane (meth)acrylate, such as bis(methacryloxy-2-ethoxycarbonylamino) alkylene, with alkylene from 2 to 15 C-atoms, UDMA, a mixture containing at least one of said (meth)acrylates, b) polymers obtainable by polymerising at least one of the afore-mentioned monomers or of a mixture comprising at least two of the afore-mentioned monomers, and/or c) wax having a melting temperature of greater than or equal to 140 °C, the wax comprising dental waxes, comprising paraffin, ceresin, carnauba wax, cacao butter, beeswax, stearic acid and/or microcrystalline paraffinic hydrocarbon waxes. a) at least one polymerisable monomer and/or mixture of polymerisable monomers, the monomer being selected from mono-functional monomers comprising 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), glycol methyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, (methyl) methacrylate and/or at least one di-, tri-, tetra- or multi-functional monomer comprising 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate (1,4-BDMA) or pentaerythritol tetraacrylate, bis-GMA monomer (bisphenol-A glycidyl methacrylate), triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) and diethylene glycol dimethacrylate (DEGMA), tetraethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, alkyldiol di(meth)acrylate with C2 to C15 in the alkyl group, decanediol di(meth)acrylate, dodecanediol di(meth)acrylate, hexyldecanediol di(meth)acrylate, trimethylolpropane tri(meth)acrylate, pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate as well as butanediol di(meth)acrylate, ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, polyethylene glycol di(meth)acrylates, ethoxylated/propoxylated bisphenol-A di(meth)acrylates, tris(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate triacrylate, urethane (meth)acrylate, such as bis(methacryloxy-2-ethoxycarbonylamino) alkylene, with alkylene from 2 to 15 C-atoms, UDMA, a mixture containing at least one of said (meth)acrylates, b) polymers obtainable by polymerising at least one of the afore-mentioned monomers or of a mixture comprising at least two of the afore-mentioned monomers, and/or c) wax having a melting temperature of greater than or equal to 140 °C, the wax comprising dental waxes, comprising paraffin, ceresin, carnauba wax, cacao butter, beeswax, stearic acid and/or microcrystalline paraffinic hydrocarbon waxes. <EOS>