Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-126q: False representations.

No person shall falsely claim to hold a certificate of registration, license, diploma or degree granted by a society, school or by the Department of Public Health, or, with intent to deceive the public, pretend to be a graduate of any dental hygiene program or college, or append the letters “R.D.H.” to his name, without having the degree indicated by such letters conferred upon him by diploma from a college, a school, a board of examiners, or other agency empowered to confer the same.