Singapore legislation
Section 9
of Dentists Act
Section 9
Prohibition of practice of dentistry by unregistered persons
(1)
No person shall practise dentistry in Singapore unless he is registered under this Act or unless he is exempted from registration under section 30:Provided that nothing in this section shall operate to prevent extraction of teeth for the relief of pain or the application of remedies for such purposes, by registered medical practitioners, and by other persons in the public service working directly under the orders and supervision of a registered dental practitioner in the public service.
(2)
Any person who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (1), —
where a person uses any dental instrument or material which is used in the practice of dentistry, he shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to practise dentistry; and
where a person has in his possession any one or more of the following instruments or equipment, that is to say, a dental chair, a dental spittoon, a dental engine, a dental syringe or a dental forceps, he shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to practise dentistry.[8