Under the Prohibition rule in dental advertising, which claim is prohibited?

• A. Advertisements can include the name of an investor who owns the practice.
• B. Advertisements cannot include the name of a person not involved in the practice or an owner of the advertised practice.
• C. Advertisements must include a disclaimer about pain.
• D. Advertisements can misrepresent qualifications if not in management.

Answer: (B)

The main idea is that dental advertising must avoid misrepresentation by controlling who can be named in the ad. The rule says advertisements cannot include the name of a person not involved in the practice or an owner of the advertised practice. This protects patients from being misled about who is actually providing care or who has control over the practice, and it prevents implying endorsements or authority from people not directly connected to the clinical services.

So, the statement about what cannot be included—namely, names of people not involved in the practice or owners of the advertised practice—is the correct understanding of the prohibition.

As for the other ideas: naming an investor who owns the practice would fall under an owner, which is not allowed. Requiring a pain disclaimer isn’t addressing this prohibition. And suggesting that misrepresenting qualifications is permissible would directly contradict the intent to keep advertising truthful and non-misleading.