# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 44 — Board of Dental Examiners

### Chapter 32 — General Competency Requirements

#### Regulation .01 Definition.

*COMAR 10.44.32.01*

A. In this chapter, the following term has the meaning indicated.

B. Term Defined. “Practice dentistry” means to:

  (1) Be a manager, a proprietor, or a conductor of or an operator in any place in which a dental service or dental operation is performed intraorally;

  (2) Perform or attempt to perform any intraoral dental service or intraoral dental operation;

  (3) Diagnose, treat, or attempt to diagnose or treat any disease, injury, malocclusion, or malposition of a tooth, gum, or jaw, or structures associated with a tooth, gum, or jaw if the service, operation, or procedure is included in:

    (a) The curricula of an accredited dental school; or

    (b) An approved dental residency program of an accredited hospital or teaching institution;

  (4) Perform or offer to perform dental laboratory work;

  (5) Place or adjust a dental appliance in a human mouth; or

  (6) Administer anesthesia for the purposes of dentistry and not as a medical specialty.