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| 1.  | I      have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Birner Dental      Management Services, Inc.; |
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| 2.  | Based      on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements      were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this      report; |
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| 3.  | Based      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the      financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the      registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this      report; |
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| 4.  | The      registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as      defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant      and have: |
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|   |  a)  | Designed      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure      that material information relating to the registrant, including its      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those      entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being      prepared; |
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|   |  b)  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the      registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this      report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls      and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based      on such evaluation; and |
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|   |  c)  | Disclosed in this report any      change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that      occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the      registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that      has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the      registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;  and |
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| 5.  | The      registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our      most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to      the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s      board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent      functions): |
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|   |  a)  | All significant deficiencies and      material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over      financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the      registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial      information; and |
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|   |  b)  | Any      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other      employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control      over financial reporting. |
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| August      14, 2008  | By:                 | /s/ Frederic      W.J. Birner |   |
|                       |  Name:         |  Frederic      W.J. Birner    |   |
|                       |  Title:   | Chief      Executive Officer       |   |
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