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, 2004 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  William R.  Jellison,  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/ William R. Jellison
William R. Jellison
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer


March 16, 2005