Exhibit 32




                     CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                      18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
           SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In  connection  with the Annual  Report of  DENTSPLY  International
Inc.  (the  "Company")  on Form 10-K for the year  ending  December
31, 2003 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on
the date hereof (the  "Report"),  We, Gerald K. Kunkle,  Jr., Chief
Executive  Officer and Vice  Chairman of the Board of  Directors of
the  Company  and Bret W. Wise,  Senior  Vice  President  and Chief
Financial  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
1350,  as adopted  pursuant  to Section  906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to the best of our knowledge and belief:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of Sections
           13(a) or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934;
           and

(2)   The information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in
           all  material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and
           result of  operations  of the  Company as of the date of
           the Report.


/s/ Gerald K. Kunkle, Jr.
Gerald K. Kunkle, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer and
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors


/s/ Bret W. Wise
Bret W. Wise
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer


March 15, 2004