New Jersey Board of Dentistry Law DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY operate for any disease, pain, deformity, deficiency, injury, or physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar process, gums, cheek, or jaws, or oral cavity and associated tissues; or (2) Is a manager, proprietor, operator, or conductor of a place where dental operations are performed; or (3) Performs dental operations of any kind gratuitously, or for a fee, gift, compensation or reward, paid or to be paid, either to himself or to another person or agency; or (4) Uses himself or by any employee, uses a Roentgen or X-ray machine for dental treatment, dental radiograms, or for dental diagnostic purposes; or (5) Extracts a human tooth or teeth, or corrects or attempts to correct malpositions of the human teeth or jaws; or (6) Offers and undertakes, by any means or method, to diagnose, treat or remove stains or concretions from human teeth or jaws; or (7) Uses or administers local or general anesthetics in the treatment of dental or oral diseases or in any preparation incident to a dental operation of any kind or character; or (8) Takes impressions of the human tooth, teeth, jaws, or performs any phase of any operation incident to the replacement of a part of a tooth, teeth, or associated tissues; or (9) Performs any clinical operation included in the curricula of recognized dental schools or colleges. The terms manager, proprietor, operator or conductor as used in this chapter shall be deemed to include any person who (1) Employs operators or assistants; or (2) Places in the possession of any operator, assistant, or other agent such dental material or equipment as may be necessary for the management of a dental office on the basis of a lease or any other agreement for compensation for the use of such material, equipment or office; or (3) Retains the ownership or control of dental material, equipment or office and makes the same available in any manner for the use by operators, assistants or other agents; provided, however, that the above shall not apply to bona fide sales of dental material or equipment secured by chattel mortgage. The following practices, acts and operations shall not be regarded as practicing dentistry within the meaning of this chapter: (1) The treatment of the diseases of the mouth and practice of oral surgery, in the practice of his profession, by a physician or surgeon, licensed as such under the laws of this State, unless he undertakes to reproduce or reproduces lost parts of the human teeth in the mouth or to restore or replace lost or missing teeth in the mouth; or (2) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their duties by dentists in the United States Army, Navy, Public Health Service or Veterans Bureau; or (3) The operation of a dental school or college as now conducted and approved, or as may be approved, by the Board of Dental Examiners; and the practice of dentistry by students in any
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