CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
DENTSPLY International Inc.


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
333-56093, 33-61780, 33-52616, 33-41775, 33-71792, 33-79094 and 33-89786) on
Form S-8 of DENTSPLY International Inc. of our report dated January 21, 1999,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of DENTSPLY International Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, 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, 1998, which
report appears in the December 31, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K of DENTSPLY
International Inc.


                                   KPMG LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 26, 1999