diff --git a/src/dense.rs b/src/dense.rs
index 42d3b93..dfdda65 100644
--- a/src/dense.rs
+++ b/src/dense.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,10 @@ impl<K: Key, V> DenseSlotMap<K, V> {
     /// ```
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn insert(&mut self, value: V) -> K {
-        unsafe { self.try_insert_with_key::<_, Never>(move |_| Ok(value)).unwrap_unchecked_() }
+        unsafe {
+            self.try_insert_with_key::<_, Never>(move |_| Ok(value))
+                .unwrap_unchecked_()
+        }
     }
 
     /// Inserts a value given by `f` into the slot map. The key where the
@@ -277,7 +280,10 @@ impl<K: Key, V> DenseSlotMap<K, V> {
     where
         F: FnOnce(K) -> V,
     {
-        unsafe { self.try_insert_with_key::<_, Never>(move |k| Ok(f(k))).unwrap_unchecked_() }
+        unsafe {
+            self.try_insert_with_key::<_, Never>(move |k| Ok(f(k)))
+                .unwrap_unchecked_()
+        }
     }
 
     /// Inserts a value given by `f` into the slot map. The key where the
@@ -515,7 +521,10 @@ impl<K: Key, V> DenseSlotMap<K, V> {
     /// ```
     pub unsafe fn get_unchecked(&self, key: K) -> &V {
         debug_assert!(self.contains_key(key));
-        let idx = self.slots.get_unchecked(key.data().idx as usize).idx_or_free;
+        let idx = self
+            .slots
+            .get_unchecked(key.data().idx as usize)
+            .idx_or_free;
         &self.values.get_unchecked(idx as usize)
     }
 
@@ -565,7 +574,10 @@ impl<K: Key, V> DenseSlotMap<K, V> {
     /// ```
     pub unsafe fn get_unchecked_mut(&mut self, key: K) -> &mut V {
         debug_assert!(self.contains_key(key));
-        let idx = self.slots.get_unchecked(key.data().idx as usize).idx_or_free;
+        let idx = self
+            .slots
+            .get_unchecked(key.data().idx as usize)
+            .idx_or_free;
         self.values.get_unchecked_mut(idx as usize)
     }
 
@@ -785,6 +797,81 @@ impl<K: Key, V> DenseSlotMap<K, V> {
             inner: self.iter_mut(),
         }
     }
+
+    /// Returns the index that can be used to access the value associated to
+    /// this key in the [`Vec`] returned by [`into_dense()`]. This index is
+    /// only valid if no mutations occur to the slotmap between the index
+    /// being retrieved and the slotmap being converted to its dense form.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use slotmap::*;
+    /// let mut sm = DenseSlotMap::new();
+    /// let keys = [
+    ///     sm.insert(1),
+    ///     sm.insert(2),
+    ///     sm.insert(3),
+    /// ];
+    /// sm.values_mut().for_each(|n| { *n *= 3 });
+    /// let indices: Vec<_> =
+    ///     keys
+    ///     .into_iter()
+    ///     .map(|key| sm.get_dense_index(*key).unwrap())
+    ///     .collect();
+    /// let dense = sm.into_dense();
+    /// assert_eq!(
+    ///     [3, 6, 9],
+    ///     [
+    ///         dense[indices[0]],
+    ///         dense[indices[1]],
+    ///         dense[indices[2]],
+    ///     ]
+    /// );
+    /// ```
+    pub fn get_dense_index(&self, key: K) -> Option<usize> {
+        let kd = key.data();
+        self.slots
+            .get(kd.idx as usize)
+            .filter(|slot| slot.version == kd.version.get())
+            .map(|slot| slot.idx_or_free as usize)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a dense [`Vec`] of the values in this [`DenseSlotMap`],
+    /// in an arbitrary order. Indices into this [`Vec`] can be
+    /// retrieved by calling [`get_dense_index()`] *without mutating
+    /// the slotmap between the index retrieval and the conversion to
+    /// dense [`Vec`]*. Mutating the slotmap before conversion
+    /// invalidates all retrieved indices.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use slotmap::*;
+    /// let mut sm = DenseSlotMap::new();
+    /// let keys = [
+    ///     sm.insert(4),
+    ///     sm.insert(2),
+    ///     sm.insert(5),
+    /// ];
+    /// let indices: Vec<_> =
+    ///     keys
+    ///     .into_iter()
+    ///     .map(|key| sm.get_dense_index(*key).unwrap())
+    ///     .collect();
+    /// let dense = sm.into_dense();
+    /// assert_eq!(
+    ///     [4, 2, 5],
+    ///     [
+    ///         dense[indices[0]],
+    ///         dense[indices[1]],
+    ///         dense[indices[2]],
+    ///     ]
+    /// );
+    /// ```
+    pub fn into_dense(self) -> Vec<V> {
+        self.values
+    }
 }
 
 impl<K: Key, V> Clone for DenseSlotMap<K, V>
@@ -1132,7 +1219,10 @@ mod serialize {
             }
 
             // Ensure the first slot exists and is empty for the sentinel.
-            if serde_slots.get(0).map_or(true, |slot| slot.version % 2 == 1) {
+            if serde_slots
+                .get(0)
+                .map_or(true, |slot| slot.version % 2 == 1)
+            {
                 return Err(de::Error::custom(&"first slot not empty"));
             }