A dental handpiece is disclosed which has a head housing, a gear shaft having a gear part with gear teeth and a shaft part extending from the gear part, and a dust control seal sealingly fit on the circumferential surface of the shaft part of the gear shaft. The dust control seal is an annular member, and has a seal body, a first lip projecting radially inwardly from the seal body, and a second lip projecting radially inwardly from the seal body above and spaced apart from the first lip, with a space defined between a contact area between the first lip and the shaft part, and a contact area between the second lip and the shaft part.
