PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hand-held dental device in which a crisis situation in a dentists office is effectively prevented, and each diagnosis and treatment booth of a dentist can be fulfilled by only one light curing device.SOLUTION: A hand-held light curing apparatus is used with a housing (12), a light source (14), in particular at least one LED, which is connected to a control unit (36), an energy source (20) and at least one energy storage unit in the form of at least one double layer capacitor (26, 28). It is provided that the light source (14) is fed simultaneously by the energy source (20) which is formed as a local energy source such as an accumulator and the double layer capacitor (26, 28).COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】歯科診療所における危機的な状況を有効に防止するとともに、歯科医師の診療ブース毎に1台のみの光硬化装置で充足させることを可能にする手持ち式歯科装置を提供する。【解決手段】ケース部材(12)と、光源(14)、特に制御装置(36)とエネルギー源(20)と少なくとも1個の電気二重層コンデンサ(26,28)の形式のエネルギー蓄積器と結合された少なくとも1個のLEDを有する手持ち式歯科装置とする。前記光源(14)に対して蓄電池等の局部エネルギー源として形成されたエネルギー源(20)と前記電気二重層コンデンサ(26,28)から同時に給電する。【選択図】図1