Section 33
Pretending to be or taking or using the name or title of dentist, etc.
of Dental Registration Act 1999
(1)
A person, other than a registered dentist who has in force a practising certificate, must not take or use —
the title of dentist, dental surgeon, registered dentist, qualified dentist, doctor of dental surgery, professor of dentistry or surgeon dentist;
any prescribed title under section 38(5); or
any name, title, addition or description implying, whether in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used, that that person is qualified to heal or treat dental disorders or derangement, whether by dentistry or any other means of any kind or description.
(2)
A person, other than a registered oral health therapist who has in force a practising certificate, must not take or use —
the title of oral health therapist; or
any name, title, addition or description implying, whether in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used, that that person is qualified to heal or treat dental disorders or derangement, whether by dentistry or any other means of any kind or description.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.[26