s 36 Offences
(1) Any person not registered or exempted from registration under this Act who— (a) wilfully and falsely pretends to be registered under this Act or to be qualified to practise dentistry; (b) wilfully and falsely takes or uses the name or title of dentist, dental surgeon, qualified dentist, doctor of dental surgery, professor of dentistry, surgeon dentist; (c) wilfully and falsely takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is registered under this Act, or that he is recognized by law as a dentist or dental surgeon or that he is qualified to heal or treat dental disorders or derangements whether by dentistry or any other means of any kind or description whatsoever; (d) wilfully and falsely takes or uses any name, title, addition or description, or uses any instrument, calculated to induce any person to believe that he is qualified to practise dentistry; (e) practises dentistry; (f) uses the term “dental clinic” or “dental dispensary” or “dental hospital” or the equivalent of any of these terms in any other language in the signboard over his place of practice in purported practice of dentistry as a person registered under this Act; or (g) uses a symbol designed by the Council for the use of registered dental practitioners only, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)— (a) the taking or using by any person of the term “dental surgeon” or “qualified dentist” or “doctor of dental surgery” or “professor of dentistry” or “surgeon dentist” or “dentist” or “dental clinic” or “dental dispensary” or “dental hospital” or the equivalent of any of these terms in any other language in relation to the practice of dentistry shall be deemed unless the contrary be proved to be the taking or using of a name, title, addition or description calculated to induce any person to believe that he is qualified to practise dentistry; (b) the using by any person in the practice of dentistry of any instrument or dental material used exclusively by persons qualified to practise dentistry shall be deemed unless the contrary be proved to be the using of an instrument calculated to induce a person to believe that he is qualified to practise dentistry; (c) where any person, other than a dental practitioner or a medical practitioner or a dealer in medical and dental appliances and instruments, has in his possession any one or more of the following instruments and appliances commonly used in the practice of dentistry, that is to say, a dental chair, a dental spittoon, a dental engine, a dental syringe, a dental forceps, a dental mirror, or a dental probe, he shall be deemed, unless the contrary be proved, to wilfully and falsely pretend to be registered under this Act and to be qualified to practise dentistry.