The invention relates to a dental device (1) comprising a housing with a tool portion (2) and a handling portion (3) at least on dental tool (49 located in the tool portion (2) of the housing an interface device (5) for activating the at least one tool located in the handling portion of the housing, wherein the interface device (5) comprises a touch sensor with a touch surface and being adapted to translate wiping of a uses finger on the touch surface (6) into an instruction to operate the dental tool (4). The invention also relates to a method for activating a dental device.
