SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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 17, 2006

DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

New Jersey	001-16379	22-2786386
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1405 U.S. Highway 206, Bedminster, New Jersey	07921
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (908) 443-2000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

	o	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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	o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Attached and being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of Dendrite International, Inc. (“Dendrite”) dated March 17, 2006 announcing the date and location of its 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)	Exhibits

	99.1 Press Release of Dendrite International, Inc., dated March 17, 2006.

SIGNATURE

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.

	DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Dated: March 17, 2006
	By:	/s/ CHRISTINE A. PELLIZZARI
	Name:	Christine A. Pellizzari
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel
		and Secretary

		EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release of Dendrite International, Inc., dated March 17, 2006.