A dental prosthesis including a prosthesis base and at least one artificial tooth, and including at least one micro drive for detaching the dental prosthesis from an alveolar crest. The invention further relates to a method for removing such a dental prosthesis from an oral cavity, wherein the dental prosthesis is detached from an alveolar crest in the oral cavity by means of a micro drive and then manually removed from the oral cavity. In order to detach a dental prosthesis adhering to the alveolar crest, the micro drive according to the invention is a micro motor which drives a lifting means which lifts the dental prosthesis from the alveolar crest.
