Legal Opinion
State v. Hussey
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 20, 1978PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The practice of dentistry without a license is unlawful. 32 M.R.S.A. § 1092 (1977 Supp.). The definition of practicing dentistry is found in 32 M.R.S.A. § 1081 (1973 Supp.), which provides in pertinent part:
Any person shall be deemed to be practicing dentistry . . . who directly or indirectly, by any means or method, takes impressions of the human tooth, teeth, [or] jaws .
The Defendant styled himself a “dentu-rist.” He was convicted of four counts of the illegal practice of dentistry following jury trial in Superior Court in Penobscot County, upon testimony that he was not a…
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