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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
The Board of Directors
Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc.
We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement
on Form S-8 of Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. (formerly known as SDS Holding
Co.) of our reports dated July 20, 2000 (except as to Note 1(q), which is as of
October 4, 2000), relating to the combined balance sheets of Sybron Dental
Specialties, Inc. and affiliates as of September 30, 1998 and 1999, and the
related combined statements of income, stockholder's equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 1999, and the
related financial statement schedule, which reports appear in the Registration
Statement on Form 10 of Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc., as amended, declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2000.
/s/ KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 14, 2000
