CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
DENTSPLY International Inc.


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 33-61780, 33-52616, 33-41775, 33-71972, 33-79094 and 33-89786) on
Form S-8 of DENTSPLY International Inc. of our report dated January 22,
1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of DENTSPLY International
Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows and
related schedule for each of the years in the three year period ended
December 31, 1997, which report appears in the December 31, 1997 annual
report on Form 10-K of DENTSPLY International Inc.


                                   KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 27, 1998



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