Whoever sells or offers to sell a diploma conferring a dental degree, or a license granted pursuant to this act, or procures such diploma or license with intent that it be used as evidence of the right to practice dentistry or dental hygiene, as defined by law, by a person other than the one upon whom it was conferred, or to whom such license certificate or renewal certificate was granted, or with fraudulent intent alters such diploma or license certificate or renewal certificate, or uses or attempts to use it when it is so altered, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The board may refuse to grant a license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene to any person found guilty of making a false statement, or cheating or of fraud or deception either in applying for a license or in taking any of the examinations provided for under the dental practices act.