SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K



              CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                                 MARCH 19, 2001



                      SAFEGUARD HEALTH ENTERPRISES, INC.
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             (Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)



            DELAWARE                  0-12050                  52-1528581
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  (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission              (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)           File Number)          Identification No.)



                95 ENTERPRISE, ALISO VIEJO, CALIFORNIA   92656-2601
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             (Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)



        Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  949.425.4110
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ITEM  5.          OTHER  INFORMATION


SafeGuard  Health  Enterprise, Inc. (the "Company") has tentatively scheduled an
Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders  (the "Meeting") to be held on May 23, 2001 at
4:00  p.m.,  Pacific  Daylight  Time,  at the principal executive offices of the
Company  located  at  95 Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California 92656-2601.  At the
Meeting,  the stockholders will vote on the election of directors.  The nominees
of the Board of Directors for election as directors at the Meeting will be: Jack
R. Anderson, Steven J. Baileys, Stephen J. Blewitt, Ronald I. Brendzel, James E.
Buncher, Dennis L. Gates, and Leslie B. Daniels.  The Company will be mailing to
its  stockholders  a  proxy  statement  regarding  the Meeting that will contain
information  regarding  the  nominees  of the Board of Directors for election as
directors.

Pursuant  to  Section 2.13B of the Company's Bylaws, if a stockholder desires to
nominate  a  person  or  persons  for election as a director, the stockholder is
required to provide notice to the Company at its principal executive offices not
later  than  the  tenth day following the date on which a public announcement is
first made of the date of the Meeting, and of the nominees proposed by the Board
of Directors to be elected at such meeting.  Such notice shall set forth (a) all
information relating to any proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in
the  solicitation  of proxies for election of directors in election contests, or
otherwise required, pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act
of  1934,  (b)  the  name  and address of the stockholder, and (c) the number of
shares  of  the  Company  beneficially  owned  by  such  stockholder.

Accordingly,  if  a  stockholder  desires  to  nominate  a person or persons for
election  as  a director, the stockholder must submit the required notice to the
Company  at its principal executive office within ten (10) days from the date of
this  Report.

If a stockholder desires to request that a proposal be included in the Company's
proxy  statement  for  the  Meeting  pursuant to Rule 14A-8 under the Securities
Exchange Act, the proposal must be received at the Company's principal executive
offices  a reasonable time before the Company begins to print and mail the proxy
statement for the Meeting.  The Company currently anticipates that it will begin
to  print and mail its proxy statement for the Meeting on approximately April 9,
2001,  and April 23, 2001, respectively.  Stockholders may not present proposals
for  consideration  at the Meeting unless the Company has received notice of the
proposal  in a reasonable time before the Company prints and mails the notice of
the  Meeting  and  proxy  material  to  the  Company's  stockholders.


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Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.


Dated:  March 19, 2001                  SAFEGUARD HEALTH ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                        (Registrant)



                                        By:   /s/  James  E  Buncher
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                                           JAMES  E.  BUNCHER
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer



                                        By:  /s/  Ronald  I.  Brendzel
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                                           RONALD  I.  BRENDZEL
                                           Senior Vice President and Secretary


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