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DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS 500-4999.129›CHAPTER 4. Dentistry 1600-1976›ARTICLE 5. Offenses Against This Chapter 1700-1706

§ 1700.5

California Business and Professions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Notwithstanding Section 1700, any person who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended certificate as a dentist under this chapter may append the letters “D.D.S.” to his or her name, regardless of the degree conferred upon him or her by the dental college from which the licensee graduated.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 792, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1998.)

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