Exhibit  99.1
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SafeGuard  Health  Enterprises,  Inc
95  Enterprise,  Suite  100
Aliso  Viejo,  CA  92656-2605
Tel:  (949)  425-4300
Fax:  (949)  425-4533


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002;
                          QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
                       FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2002


Each  of  the  undersigned  hereby  certifies  in  his capacity as an officer of
SafeGuard  Health  Enterprises,  Inc., (the "Company") that the Annual Report of
the  Company  on  Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, (the "Report")
incorporated by reference into the Post-Effective Amendment Number 4 to Form S-8
for  the  Company  Stock  Option  Plan  attached  hereto,  complies  with  the
requirements  of  Section  13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that
the  information  contained  in  the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all material
respects,  the  financial condition of the Company at the end of such period and
the  results  of  operations  of  the  Company  for  such  period.

Pursuant  to  the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this certification to be signed on
its  behalf  by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso
Viejo,  State  of  California,  on  the  27th  day  of  August  2002.


SAFEGUARD  HEALTH  ENTERPRISES,  INC.


By:  /s/  James  E.  Buncher
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     James  E.  Buncher
     President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer
     (Principal  Executive  Officer)

By:  /s/  Dennis  L.  Gates
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     Dennis  L.  Gates
     Senior  Vice  President  and  Chief  Financial  Officer
     (Chief  Accounting  Officer)