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RALEIGH — In early December, the Federal Trade Commission voted that the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners had stifled competition illegally by excluding non-dentists from providing teeth-whitening services or products to consumers.

The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners illegally thwarted competition by working to bar non-dentist providers of teeth whitening goods and services from selling their products to consumers, according to a unanimous Opinion and Final Order issued by the Federal Trade Commission

Waitress Aimee Gharis faces the public constantly, but she used to be less than confident about her smile.

So when a local hair salon in Hamden, Conn., began offering teeth whitening for $99 - far less than dentists charge - she bit.

RALEIGH, N.C. -  A federal judge has determined that North Carolina's dental regulatory board cannot prevent non-dentists from providing teeth-whitening services.

Washington—Tooth bleaching is the practice of dentistry, Dr. Van B. Haywood testified March 9-10 at Federal Trade Commission hearings on tooth whitening services.

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