Device for dispensing a dental substance and method of dispensing

A device for dispensing a dental substance,

• comprising a cartridge for containing the dental substance and a plunger, the cartridge comprising a dispensing opening,
• the device comprising a screw mechanism which is operable to urge the dental substance toward the dispensing opening,
• the device further comprising a closure being adapted to openably close the dispensing opening, and wherein the closure comprises a cutter for cutting off a portion of the dental substance which protrudes over the dispensing opening, wherein the closure has a closure wall through which an orifice extends, the closure and the cartridge being movable relative to each other between a closed position in which the closure wall covers the dispensing opening and an open position in which the dispensing opening and the orifice overlap at least partially, and
• the device being adapted to provide an indication of a predetermined amount of dental substance being dispensed,
• wherein the indication comprises an audible click provided by a ratchet permitting relative rotation of the plunger and the cartridge in a dispensing direction and restricting rotation in the opposite direction, and wherein the rotation in the opposite direction of the dispensing direction is enabled at a predetermined extent.