UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 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): SEPTEMBER 30, 2004


                                 CRDENTIA CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          DELAWARE                  000-31152                  76-0585701
(State or Other Jurisdiction of    (Commission              (I.R.S. Employer
       Incorporation)              File Number)           Identification Number)

                         14114 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 600
                               DALLAS, TEXAS 75254
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (972) 850-0780
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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ITEM 3.02     UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

SERIES B-1 PREFERRED STOCK

         On September 30, 2004, Crdentia Corp. (the "Company") issued 12,644
shares of Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for the
cancellation of $758,640 in outstanding principal plus accrued and unpaid
interest under certain convertible subordinated promissory notes issued in 2003.
The holders of such notes included James D. Durham, the Company's Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Robert P. Oliver, a member of the Company's Board of
Directors, and Health Care Investment Visions, LLC, an entity in which Joseph M.
DeLuca, a member of the Company's Board of Directors, is a Managing Member.

         The shares of Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock issued on
September 30, 2004 were initially convertible into approximately 1,264,400
shares of the Company's Common Stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of
the Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock are set forth in the Certificate of
Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock,
a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the report on Form 8-K filed by the
Company on August 24, 2004.

         In addition, the holders of such shares of Series B-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock are entitled to certain registration rights set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement dated August 9, 2004 by and among the Company and
the investors listed on Schedule A thereto, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit
4.2 to the report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 24, 2004.

DIVIDEND AND DISTRIBUTION ON PREFERRED STOCK

         Effective as of September 30, 2004, the Company issued 712,860 shares
of its Common Stock as a dividend and distribution on shares of its Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B-1
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.

CONVERSION OF PREFERRED STOCK

         Effective as of September 30, 2004, the Company issued (i) 4,583,333
shares of Common Stock in connection with the voluntary conversion of 2,750,000
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; (ii) 833,333 shares of Common
Stock in connection with the voluntary conversion of 2,500,000 shares of Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock; and (iii) 411,200 shares of Common Stock in
connection with the voluntary conversion of 4,112 shares of Series B-1
Convertible Preferred Stock. All such conversions were effected pursuant to the
provisions of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of each respective
series of Preferred Stock.

         In connection with (i) the conversions and (i) the dividend and
distribution on the Preferred Stock described above, (a) 4,604,660 shares of
Common Stock were issued to MedCap Partners L.P. (C. Fred Toney, a member of the
Company's Board of Directors, is the Managing Member of MedCap Management &
Research LLC, the General Partner of MedCap Partners L.P.); (b) 117,897 shares
of Common Stock were issued to James D. Durham, the Company's Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer; (c) 93,940 shares of Common Stock were issued to Robert P.
Oliver, a member of the Company's Board of Directors; (d) 174,790 shares of
Common Stock were issued to Robert Kenneth, a member of the Company's Board of
Directors; and (e) 46,970 shares of Common Stock were issued to Heath Care
Investment Visions, LLC, an entity in which Joseph M. DeLuca, a member of the
Company's Board of Directors, is a Managing Member.

EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION

         The shares of Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (including any
shares of capital stock issuable upon conversion of such shares) and the shares
of Common Stock issued (i) as a dividend and distribution on the Company's
Preferred Stock and (ii) upon conversion of the shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock (collectively , the "Securities") were issued pursuant to an
exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and/or Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933.





                                   SIGNATURES

         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.


                                              CRDENTIA CORP.


October 6, 2004                               By: /s/ James D. Durham
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                                                  James D. Durham
                                                  Chief Executive Officer