Abstract: In a method for the manufacture of ceramic sinter bodies including zirconium dioxide for dental applications, wherein the sinter bodies are formed by electrophoretic precipitation of ceramic particles from a suspension including a first electrode onto a porous form which is arranged in the suspension and has the shape of the sinter body to be formed, wherein the porous form is hollow and is filled with an electrically conductive liquid in which a second electrode is disposed and wherein the suspension includes zirconium dioxide and has a pH value of 9.5 to 13 or 2.0 to 5.