The invention relates to a dental furnace having a furnace base and a furnace hood, wherein the furnace hood has a firing chamber for receiving dental restorations, having a temperature sensor, which detects the temperature of the dental restoration and is connected to a control device, which controls the dental furnace. The dental furnace (10) has a drive (18) for the furnace hood (16), and the control device (30) controls the drive (18), namely opens the furnace hood, on the basis of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor (20).
