Singapore legislation

Section 23

of Dentists Act

Section 23

Falsely pretending to be or taking or using the name or title of a dentist to be an offence

Any person not registered as a dentist under this Act who wilfully or falsely pretends to be or takes or uses the name or title of a dentist, dental surgeon, qualified dentist, doctor of dental surgery, professor of dentistry, surgeon dentist, or any name, title, addition or description implying, whether in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used, that that person is a dentist 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, shall be guilty of an offence.[21