A dental high-speed contra-angle handpiece (1) for
processing hard materials in the
oral cavity of a patient, comprising: an outer sleeve (2) delimiting the dental high-speed contra-angle handpiece (1) from the environment, said outer sleeve having a
handle portion (2A) extending along a longitudinal axis (3) and a head portion (2B) extending along a
rotational axis (4), wherein the longitudinal axis (3) and the
rotational axis (4) are arranged at an angle other than 0° to one another; a holding device (5) arranged in the head portion (2B) for holding a
processing tool (6) such that it can rotate about the
rotational axis (4); a tool receiving opening (7) for inserting and releasing the
processing tool (6) into the holding device (5); a
mechanical drive device (8) for rotating the holding device (5) to an
idle speed of at least 140,000 rpm; and a spring element (25) preloaded and displaceable along the rotational axis (4).
Actuator (19),which is operatively connectable to the holding device (5) in order to selectively move the holding device (5) from a first position, in which the
machining tool (6) is fixed in the holding device (5), to a second position, in which the
machining tool (6) can be inserted into or removed from the holding device (5), characterized in that the holding device (5) comprises: a drive sleeve (9) for releasably receiving a shaft (6A) of the
machining tool (6), wherein the drive sleeve (9) has an outer wall (9A) in which a plurality of through-bores (10) are provided, and the outer wall (9A) surrounds a cylindrical interior (11) in which the shaft (6A) of the machining tool (6) can be received, a plurality of holding bodies (12) movable radially to the axis of rotation (4), wherein a holding body (12) can be received in each of the through-bores (10) of the drive sleeve (9),a clamping sleeve (13) which is displaceable along the rotational axis (4) and has a clamping sleeve wall (13A) which surrounds the holding bodies (12) and at least the section of the drive sleeve (9) having the through-bores (10), wherein by displacing the clamping sleeve (13) along the rotational axis (4), the holding bodies (12) are movable radially with respect to the rotational axis (4) and the clamping sleeve (13) and / or the holding bodies (12) selectively assume the first position and the second position, wherein in the first position the holding bodies (12) are pressed by the clamping sleeve (13) into the through-bores (10) of the drive sleeve (9) in such a way that sections of the holding bodies (12) protrude into the cylindrical interior (11) of the drive sleeve (9), whereby the shank (6A) of the machining tool (6) is fixed in the cylindrical interior (11) of the drive sleeve (9), and in the second position the Clamping sleeve (13) surrounds the holding body (12) with play,so that the holding bodies (12) can be moved radially away from the axis of rotation (4), whereby the shaft (6A) of the machining tool (6) can be inserted into or removed from the drive sleeve (9).