A dental
ceramic blank comprising at least one
organic compound, characterized in that the blank has an open-pore
ceramic framework, wherein the open-pore
ceramic framework is selected from an open-pore dental ceramic framework comprising zirconia, aluminum
oxide, a
mixed oxide comprising zirconia, and / or
silicon carbide, wherein the open-pore ceramic framework contains 2 to 50 wt.% of at least one
organic compound selected from a) comprising at least one polymerizable
monomer and / or a mixture of polymerizable monomers, thermal initiators comprising
peroxide and / or an
azo compound or a
redox system comprising a
peroxide, and a
reducing agent selected from
ascorbic acid, an
ascorbic acid derivative,
barbituric acid or a
barbituric acid derivative,
sulfinic acid, a
sulfinic acid derivative or a
redox system (aa)
barbituric acid or
thiobarbituric acid or a barbituric acid or
thiobarbituric acid derivative and (bb) at least one
copper salt or
copper complex and (cc) at least one compound with an ionic
halogen atom, particularly preferably a
redox system comprising 1-benzyl-5-phenylbarbituric acid,
copper acetylacetonate and benzyldibutylammonium
chloride, and / or b) a
polymer of the aforementioned monomers polymerized in the blank with respect to the overall composition of the dental ceramic blank.