The invention relates to a squeeze-out device for driving out a highly viscous dental material from a cartridge system, having an actuator, a motor, a controller, an operating device and at least one force sensor, wherein at least one discharging plunger of the cartridge system is drivable by the actuator, wherein the actuator is drivable by the motor or mechanically transmitted driving of the actuator is supportable by the motor, wherein the operating device is manually operable, wherein the at least one force sensor is connected to the operating device such that at least the magnitude of a force acting on the operating device and/or at least the magnitude of a torque acting on the operating device is measurable, and wherein the motor is controllable by the controller depending on the measured magnitude of the force acting on the operating device and/or of the torque acting on the operating device, said magnitude being measured by the at least one force sensor. The invention also relates to a method for driving at least one discharging plunger of a cartridge system by means of a squeeze-out device.
