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 Quarterly Report of DENTSPLY International Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  September 30, 2006 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  We,
Gerald K.  Kunkle,  Jr.,  Chief  Executive  Officer and 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
Chairman of the Board of Directors


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


Date: November 8, 2006