Aim: The patient's attitude toward dentures is often mentioned as an important factor for the acceptance of complete denture. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of age and education on the satisfaction of the complete denture wearers. Material Methods: Students at the Dental Faculty of Marmara University, Turkey made new dentures for 33 patients who were asked to participate in the investigation. The 16 men and 17 women were 45 to 81 years of age with a mean age of 63.9 years. The attitude toward dentures in general was measured by means of 11 items in a questionnaire. The 10 questions of the questionnaire were answered on a five point scale and the 11th one is answered by the numbers from 1 to 9. One year after placement of the new dentures, patients' opinion were evaluated. The patient ages were categorized in 3 subgroups: A; sixty and lower, B; sixty one-seventy, C; seventy one and upper. The education factors were divided into two subgroups as D; low-education and F; high-education. The Chi-square statistical test was used to evaluate the questionnaire. Results: The ratio of satisfaction while eating was 72.73 % for group A, 76.92 % for group B, and 88.89 % for group C. The ratio of the patients who declared lack of need for food selection was 72.73%, 69.23% and 55.56% respectively. The ratio of highly satisfied patients was 36.36 % in group A while, the ratio of never satisfied patients was 30.77% in group B. No significant differences were examined in the ratios of low and high educated groups. Conclusion: No statistically significant differences of satisfaction were examined between the groups of patients wearing complete denture that are organized due to age and education.

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