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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;20, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>INTERDENT,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>95-4710504</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction<BR>
of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>222 North Sepulveda Boulevard<BR>
Suite 740<BR>
El Segundo, California 90245<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>InterDent,&nbsp;Inc. 2000 Key Executive Stock Incentive Plan<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of Plans) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Michael T. Fiore<BR>
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Interdent,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
222 North Sepulveda Boulevard<BR>
Suite 740<BR>
El Segundo, California 90245<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(310)&nbsp;765-2400<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Copy to:<BR>
Richard J. Babcock, Esq.<BR>
Morrison&nbsp;&amp; Foerster LLP<BR>
19900 MacArthur Boulevard<BR>
Irvine, California 92612  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title Of Securities<BR>
To Be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount To<BR>
Be Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
Per Share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount Of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="31%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $.001<BR>
par value per share</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>3,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$0.43</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,290,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$322.50</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act), this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares
which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the above-referenced plan.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low prices reported on the Nasdaq National
Market on April&nbsp;20, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>In
addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plan described herein. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><A
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<A NAME="toc_ja1358_2"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents filed by InterDent,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation ("InterDent"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;InterDent's
latest annual report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that contains audited financial
statements for InterDent's, or InterDent's predecessors'-in-interest, latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All
other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the annual report or prospectus referred to in (a)&nbsp;above. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;InterDent's
Registration Statement, No.&nbsp;000-25549, on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on May&nbsp;14, 1999, in which there is described the
terms, rights and provisions applicable to InterDent's outstanding common stock, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
reports and other documents subsequently filed by InterDent pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any
statement contained in any document incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;InterDent is a Delaware corporation. Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware contains detailed provisions on indemnification
of directors and officers of a Delaware corporation against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with litigation. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By
amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation, InterDent has provided for indemnification of directors and officers. The provision provides that any person shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, be indemnified and reimbursed by InterDent for expenses and liabilities imposed upon the person in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, or threat thereof, in which the person may be involved by reason of the person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of InterDent, or of
any corporation or organization which the person served in any capacity at the request of InterDent. InterDent's Certificate of Incorporation also provides that a director of InterDent shall not be
personally liable to </FONT></P>

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InterDent or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to InterDent or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. InterDent's Certificate of Incorporation also calls for the
liability of its directors to be further limited to the full extent permitted by Delaware law as it is or may be amended. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Instruments Defining Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to InterDent's Registration Statement, No. 000-25549, filed on March 12, 1999 on Form 8-A, as amended, which is incorporated herein by reference to Item 3(c)
of Part II of this registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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InterDent, Inc. 2000 Key Executive Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to InterDent's Form&nbsp;10-Q, filed on November&nbsp;20, 2000.</FONT></TD>
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5&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Opinion and Consent of Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Independent Auditors' Consent of KPMG LLP.</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
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Independent Auditors' Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5).</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 of this registration statement).</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;InterDent
hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;include
any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"); </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement; provided however, that that clauses (1)(i)&nbsp;and 1(ii)&nbsp;shall not apply if </FONT></P>

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information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by such subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by InterDent pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of InterDent pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, InterDent has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by InterDent of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
of InterDent in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, InterDent
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of El Segundo, State of California, on the 20th day of April, 2001. </FONT></P>

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BY:</FONT></TD>
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/S/&nbsp;NORMAN R. HUFFAKER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Norman R. Huffaker</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I><BR>
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<BR>    </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael T. Fiore and Norman R. Huffaker, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
(including his capacity as a director and/or officer of InterDent,&nbsp;Inc.) to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 20th
day of April&nbsp;2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MICHAEL T. FIORE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Michael T. Fiore</FONT></TD>
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Co-Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEVEN R. MATZKIN, D.D.S.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Steven R. Matzkin, D.D.S.</FONT></TD>
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Co-Chairman, Director and Chief Dental Officer<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>NORMAN R. HUFFAKER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Norman R. Huffaker</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT FINZI</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert Finzi</FONT></TD>
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Director<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ERIC GREEN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Eric Green</FONT></TD>
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Director<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>PAUL H. KECKLEY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Paul H. Keckley</FONT></TD>
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Director<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>H. WAYNE POSEY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> H. Wayne Posey</FONT></TD>
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Director<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT F. RAUCCI</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert F. Raucci</FONT></TD>
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Director<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CURTIS LEE SMITH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Curtis Lee Smith</FONT></TD>
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Director<BR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INTERDENT, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
95-4710504
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
222 North Sepulveda Boulevard
Suite 740
El Segundo, California 90245
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
InterDent, Inc. 2000 Key Executive Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of Plans)
Michael T. Fiore
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Interdent, Inc.
222 North Sepulveda Boulevard
Suite 740
El Segundo, California 90245
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(310) 765-2400
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Richard J. Babcock, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
19900 MacArthur Boulevard
Irvine, California 92612
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of Securities
To Be Registered
Amount To
Be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
Amount Of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.001
par value per share
3,000,000 shares
$0.43
$1,290,000
$322.50
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act), this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares
which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the above-referenced plan.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low prices reported on the Nasdaq National
Market on April 20, 2001.
In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
employee benefit plan described herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The
following documents filed by InterDent, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("InterDent"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) InterDent's
latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that contains audited financial
statements for InterDent's, or InterDent's predecessors'-in-interest, latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
(b) All
other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the annual report or prospectus referred to in (a) above.
(c) InterDent's
Registration Statement, No. 000-25549, on Form 8-A filed on May 14, 1999, in which there is described the
terms, rights and provisions applicable to InterDent's outstanding common stock, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
reports and other documents subsequently filed by InterDent pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
Any
statement contained in any document incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
InterDent is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware contains detailed provisions on indemnification
of directors and officers of a Delaware corporation against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with litigation.
By
amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation, InterDent has provided for indemnification of directors and officers. The provision provides that any person shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, be indemnified and reimbursed by InterDent for expenses and liabilities imposed upon the person in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, or threat thereof, in which the person may be involved by reason of the person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of InterDent, or of
any corporation or organization which the person served in any capacity at the request of InterDent. InterDent's Certificate of Incorporation also provides that a director of InterDent shall not be
personally liable to
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InterDent or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to InterDent or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. InterDent's Certificate of Incorporation also calls for the
liability of its directors to be further limited to the full extent permitted by Delaware law as it is or may be amended.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Instruments Defining Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to InterDent's Registration Statement, No. 000-25549, filed on March 12, 1999 on Form 8-A, as amended, which is incorporated herein by reference to Item 3(c)
of Part II of this registration statement.
4.2
InterDent, Inc. 2000 Key Executive Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to InterDent's Form 10-Q, filed on November 20, 2000.
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Opinion and Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP.
23.1
Independent Auditors' Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Independent Auditors' Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.3
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
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Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 of this registration statement).
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
InterDent
hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:
(i)  include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement; provided however, that that clauses (1)(i) and 1(ii) shall not apply if
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information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by such subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by InterDent pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of InterDent pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, InterDent has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.
In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by InterDent of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
of InterDent in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, InterDent
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of El Segundo, State of California, on the 20th day of April, 2001.
INTERDENT, INC.
BY:
/S/ NORMAN R. HUFFAKER
Norman R. Huffaker
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael T. Fiore and Norman R. Huffaker, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
(including his capacity as a director and/or officer of InterDent, Inc.) to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 20th
day of April 2001.
Signature
Title
/s/
MICHAEL T. FIORE
Michael T. Fiore
Co-Chairman, Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
STEVEN R. MATZKIN, D.D.S.
Steven R. Matzkin, D.D.S.
Co-Chairman, Director and Chief Dental Officer
/s/
NORMAN R. HUFFAKER
Norman R. Huffaker
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/
ROBERT FINZI
Robert Finzi
Director
/s/
ERIC GREEN
Eric Green
Director
/s/
PAUL H. KECKLEY
Paul H. Keckley
Director
/s/
H. WAYNE POSEY
H. Wayne Posey
Director
/s/
ROBERT F. RAUCCI
Robert F. Raucci
Director
/s/
CURTIS LEE SMITH
Curtis Lee Smith
Director
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ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY