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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-106a (2025)

Designation of limited practice

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No licensed and registered dentist shall designate in any manner that he has limited his practice to one of the specialty areas of dentistry expressly approved by the American Dental Association unless such dentist has completed two years of advanced or postgraduate education in the area of such specialty and has notified the Dental Commission of such limitation of practice. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit any licensed and registered dentist who has limited his practice prior to May 8, 1975, from continuing to designate such limitation.

(P.A. 75-75, S. 1, 3.)

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2005–2023 · leading case: Semerzakis v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs., 873 A.2d 911 (Conn. 2005).
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Semerzakis v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs., 873 A.2d 911 (Conn. 2005). “A “ ‘[qualified dentist’ ” is defined as a “dentist who: “(A) Holds himself out to be an orthodontist in accordance with section 20-106a of the Connecticut State Statutes, or “(B) Documents completion of an American Dental Association accredited post graduate continuing…”
Carpenter v. Daar, 236 A.3d 239 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 4× “General Statutes § 20-106a prohibits any licensed or registered dentist from designating that his practice is limited to a specialty recognized by the American Dental Association unless the dentist has completed two or more years of advanced or postgraduate education in the area…”
Carpenter v. Daar, 287 A.3d 1027 (Conn. 2023). · cites it 6× “Dentists in Connecticut are prohibited from renewing their practice licenses unless they take a requisite number of continuing education credits.”
Carpenter v. Daar, 287 A.3d 1027 (Conn. 2023). · cites it 6× “Dentists in Connecticut are prohibited from renewing their practice licenses unless they take a requisite number of continuing education credits.”
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