Practice of dentistry.
Section 8
SEC. 8. Practice of dentistry.—Any person shall be regarded as practicing dentistry within the meaning of this Act who shall for a fee, salary, or other reward, paid to himself or to another person, perform any operation or part of an operation upon the human teeth or jaws, or who shall treat diseases or lesions or correct malpositions of the teeth; but this provision shall not apply to artisans engaged in the mechanical construction of artificial dentures or other oral devices, or to students of dentistry practicing in any legally chartered dental college or establishment on patients under the direction of a professor in such college or of a dental surgeon of such establishment: Provided, however, That nothing contained in this section shall apply to the dental surgeons of the United States Army or Navy in these Islands while on duty as such for the members of said Army or Navy: Prodded, further, That this provision shall not be construed to interfere with physicians and surgeons in their legitimate practice as defined by Act Numbered Three hundred and ten.