Numerous Australian languages contrast (laminal) dental, (apical) alveolar and (subapical) retroflex stop phonemes. There should be other examples e.g. in Ladefoged & Maddieson.
 
Piotr
 
 
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Subject: [phoNet] Retroflex Stops

Does anybody know if there is any non-Indic language with
a phonemic contrast between dental and retroflex stops?
-David