SEC FORM 3SEC Form 3
FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Fortson John C.

(Last)(First)(Middle)
C/O DENTSPLY SIRONA INC
13320-B BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE

(Street)
CHARLOTTENC28277

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/20/2026
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. [ XRAY ]
Foreign Trading Symbol
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
checkbox checkedOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
EVP & CFO
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
checkbox checkedForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
No securities are beneficially owned.
/s/ Jessica Nielsen Causey, Attorney-In-Fact for John C. Fortson07/21/2026
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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                        DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
Limited Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations
Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Lindi Barton-Brobst and Jessica
Nielsen Causey, or either of them acting singly and with full
power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
       1. Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer or director or both of
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any
amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and the rules thereunder;
       2. To perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any
amendments thereto, and timely file such forms with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any securities
exchange or similar authority, including without limitation the
filing of a Form ID or any other documents necessary or
appropriate to enable the undersigned to file the Forms 3, 4 and
5 electronically with the SEC;
       3. Seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and
on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the
Company's securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact
appointed by this Limited Power of Attorney and approves and
ratifies any such release of information;
       4. Take any other action in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever required, necessary or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.
     In addition, the undersigned hereby constitutes, appoints
and authorizes the individual(s) listed in Annex A, singly and
with full power of substitution or revocation to act as the
undersigned's account administrator(s) with respect to the SEC
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval ("EDGAR")
system and manage the undersigned's EDGAR account.
     The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request and on the
behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, any
provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
     This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited
Power of Attorney as of this 16th day of June 2026.
Signed and acknowledged:


/s/
John C. Fortson














Annex A
1.	Judy A. Cunningham
2.	John Coleman Hamlett