Patent ID: 8219239

Claim:
A dental unit, comprising at least one connection for at least one ancillary device, a drive-power and feed system for providing drive power or feed to said at least one ancillary device, a control system for controlling the drive-power and feed system as well as said at least one ancillary device, which control system comprises at least one programmed function, which includes at least one predefined control operation directed to at least one ancillary device including at least one parameter, and in which control system at least one trigger is defined for each programmed function, in response to which said programmed function is to be performed, a means adapted to receive control from a user to change a value of a parameter included in said at least one control operation, characterized in that the dental unit comprises a configuration means, which is arranged to receive control commands from the user for modifying said at least one programmed function and to modify said at least one programmed function according to the control received from the user, which modification of the programmed function comprises at least one function selected from the group consisting of (i) removal of a control operation from a programmed function, addition of a control operation to a programmed function, (ii) addition of a new programmed function, (iii) creation of a new programmed function by combining previously programmed functions, and (iv) removal of an entire programmed function.