HRS §448-2
No practicing dentistry without a valid license
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law says you cannot practice or offer to practice dentistry in Hawaii unless you have a valid, active license from the board of dentistry. It also bans using dental titles or degrees to suggest you are a dentist without that license.
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The statute, as written — Practice without license prohibited
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
No person shall practice dentistry or dental surgery in the State, either gratuitously or for pay, or shall offer to so practice or shall advertise or announce oneself, either publicly or privately, as prepared or qualified to so practice, or append the letters "D.D.S.", "D.M.D.", "Dr.", "L.D.S.", or any other dental degree to the person's name with intent thereby to imply that the person is a practitioner of dentistry or a dental surgeon, without having a valid, unrevoked license from the board of dentistry.
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