EXHIBIT 23.2




                 Consent of Independent Auditors





The Board of Directors
DENTSPLY International Inc.:

We consent to  incorporation  by  reference  in the  registration
statements  (Nos.  333-56093,   33-52616,   33-41775,   33-71792,
33-79094,  and 33-89786) on Form S-8 and  registration  statement
No. 333-76089 on Form S-3 of DENTSPLY  International  Inc. of our
report  dated  January 20,  2000,  relating  to the  consolidated
statements  of income,  stockholders'  equity,  and cash flows of
DENTSPLY   International   Inc.  and   subsidiaries  and  related
schedule  for the year ended  December  31,  1999,  which  report
appears in the  December  31, 2001 annual  report on Form 10-K of
DENTSPLY International Inc.



                                    KPMG LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 28, 2002


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