49.—(1) Every person who is registered in the register shall be entitled to take and use the description of dentist, dental surgeon or dental practitioner.

(2) A person who is registered in the register shall not, in connection with the practice of dentistry take or use, or affix to or use in connection with his premises, any title or description which is reasonably calculated to suggest that he possesses any professional status or qualification other than a professional status or qualification which he in fact possesses and which is indicated by the particulars relating to him which are entered in the register maintained by the Council.

(3) Any person who acts in contravention of subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000.

(4) Where the Council is of opinion that any special branch of dentistry (including a dental specialty recognised by the Council under section 37 of this Act) has become so distinctive that it would be for the convenience of the public or of the dental profession that registered dentists, who are qualified to practise in that branch of dentistry, should use a distinctive title, the Council may specify appropriate titles and the conditions under which such titles may be used, and the use of a title so specified in accordance with the specified conditions by a person qualified to use such a title shall not constitute a contravention of subsection (2) of this section.