Patent ID: 8113831

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a hand-held light curing device having a light source for the dental sector; a base station on which the light curing device may be supported when not in use; a sensor ( 40 ), wherein the sensor senses the removal of the light curing device from the base station, which sensor is fitted on either the base station ( 30 ) or on the light curing device ( 10 ), the sensor ( 40 ) initializing the operation of the light curing device ( 10 ) when it senses the removal of the light curing device from the base station, an initialization program, and an actuating switch ( 16 ), wherein initialization of the light curing device ( 10 ) commences operation of the initialization program, by means of which the light curing device ( 10 ) is prepared for the switching-on of the light source ( 18 ), the actuating switch ( 16 ) being either mechanically or electrically blocked before the initialization program has run.