Exhibit 31.2

Section 302 Certifications Statement

I, Bret W. Wise, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of DENTSPLY International Inc;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
         necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
         circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
         with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information included in this report, fairly present in all material
         respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
         flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
         this report;

4.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
         establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
         registrant and have:

        (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
        disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
        supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
        registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
        to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
        period in which this report is being prepared;

        (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
        controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
        about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,
        as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
        evaluation; and

        (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
        control over financial reporting that occurred during the
        registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
        affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
        registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.      The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
        on our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial
        reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
        the registrant's board of directors:

        (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
        design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
        which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
        ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
        information; and

        (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
        other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
        internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 14, 2003




/s/ Bret W. Wise


    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer