FTC charges NC dental board with anticompetitive conspiracy

Jun 17, 2010

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged the North Carolina dental board with anticompetitive conspiracy after the board sent out more than 40 letters ordering nondentists to stop providing teeth-whitening services and allegedly threatened others who were considering opening teeth-whitening businesses.

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