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Exhibit 31.1

Section 302 Certifications Statement

I, Bret W. Wise, certify that:

1.             I have reviewed this Form 10-K 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) and internal control over financial reporting (as
               defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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) Designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or
              caused such internal controls over financial reporting to be
              designed under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
              regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
              preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
              accordance with generally accepted accounting principles:

              (c) 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

              (d) 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: February 23, 2007




/s/ Bret W. Wise

    Bret W. Wise
    Chairman of the Board, President, and
    Chief Executive Officer