Dental instrument

A dental instrument comprising:

• a shaft,
• a working part adjoined thereto, and
• the working part having a coating in which abrasive bodies are embedded,
• wherein an average proportion of a surface of the abrasive bodies, which is covered by the coating, is at least 60%.

A dental instrument comprising:

• a shaft,
• a working part adjoined thereto, and
• the working part having a coating in which abrasive bodies are embedded,
• wherein the coating comprises a nickel alloy which additionally contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, niobium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron and cobalt.

A process of coating a working part which comprising:

• providing a working part;
• providing an electrolyte solution in which abrasive bodies are suspended;
• dipping of the working part into the electrolyte solution;
• electrochemical deposition of a coating on the working part in such a way that the abrasive bodies are embedded in the coating,
• wherein a nickel salt and a salt of an element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, niobium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron and cobalt are dissolved in the electrolyte solution.