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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="4-503" title_number="4" title_name="Dentistry" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A licensed dentist may not advertise:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To guarantee any dental work;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Making an undifferentiated claim to do dental work painlessly;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To do dental work in a superior manner; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Falsely or in a manner that tends to deceive or mislead the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensed dentist may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Use the designation “Dental Surgeon” on a sign that bears the name of the licensee; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Include a specialty designation in a card, letterhead, sign, telephone directory listing, or other printed matter that bears the name of the licensee, unless:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The licensee is identified by the Board as a specialist in the designated field under § 4-504 of this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The language used to refer to the specialty is approved by the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A licensed dentist may use the designations “Dr.”, “dentist”, “D.D.S.”, or “D.M.D.” on a sign that bears the licensee’s name.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who is not a licensed dentist may not solicit or advertise to the general public in any manner that the person alters, constructs, duplicates, repairs, or supplies a dental appliance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A licensed dentist may use a trade name in connection with the practice of dentistry provided that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The use of the trade name is not deceptive or misleading;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The advertisement in which the trade name appears includes the name of the licensed dentist or the name of the business entity providing the dental services being advertised as long as the advertisement includes the name of a licensed dentist;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The name of the licensed dentist providing dental services shall appear on the billing invoices, and on the receipts if any are given to patients; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Treatment records are maintained that clearly identify the licensed dentist who has performed the dental service for any patient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
