Abstract: Tooth restorations are produced starting from data preferably obtained by optical or mechanical digitizing of prepared teeth and/or teeth of one jaw or of both jaws, intraorally, or from jaw models or partial models of one jaw or of both jaws, extraorally, a subsequent CAD construction of aforementioned restorations being produced in the way that an outer mold, in opposition to the oral cavity is constructed by the primary shaping of the tooth restoration, consisting throughout of high strength ceramic material, taking into account sinter shrinkage.

Abstract: The invention is based on the object of providing a method to produce a tooth restoration, in particular a tight-fitting ceramic tooth restoration, in which under avoidance of a hard-worked ceramic material and with a minimum of method steps, the outer shape of the ceramic tooth restoration being in opposition to the buccal cavity including the gradually thinning down restoration edge is manufactured in its final shape, whereby the sintering shrinkage is being taken into consideration.