INTRODUCTION T he loss of remaining teeth could be a disturbing emotional experience for many people. Some people always associate the loss of teeth with growing old, which may be emotionally depressing. However, it has been pointed out that the retention of some teeth as overdenture abutments prevents this negative feeling of total loss and allows the patient to adjust more easily to the acceptance of denture wearing. Apart from anecdotal reports there is very little evidence to support this hypothesis. The only study is by Toolson and Smith. , using a patient satisfaction (PDS) questionnaire developed by Guckes et al. in all their recall appointments over a period of five years. No significant changes in satisfaction are found in their population at two years of overdenture wearing or after five years. Additionally, the impact of oral disorders and interventions on an individual's perceived oral health state and oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is increasingly recognized as an important component of health. Demands for prosthodontic treatments are expected to rise in developed countries, due to a rapid increase in their elderly population. Because various treatment options to replace missing teeth exist, the choice of treatment option needs to take the multidimensional nature of health and the option's possible outcomes into consideration. Since the limitations of the “biomedical” paradigm of health have been recognized, and the importance of quality of life in elderly persons has been emphasized, Allen. declared that it is clearly need to understand the impact of therapeutic intervention on OHRQoL , which is impaired due to tooth loss. Several OHRQoL instruments have been used to assess the impact of prosthodontic treatments. These OHRQoL instruments have been shown to work well in describing the impact of edentulism and of treatment on several domains However, these studies investigated edentulous individuals or those with implant- supported dentures exclusively, and little is known about OHRQoL in partially edentulous individuals who use removable partial dentures (RPDs). Because of the higher cost of treatment with, and lack of insurance 1-5 6 7 8-11 12 13 14-18 19-22 9,20,23-26 16,27,28 . Assistant Professor and Consultant department of Prosthetic Dental Science College of Dentistry, King Saud University Correspondence: Hana M.AL-AlSheikh <drhana6@gmail.com> OBJECTIVE: METHODOLOGY: RESULTS: CONCLUSION: This study set out to evaluate the satisfaction for a group of patients were with some independent variables and criteria of conventional Removable Partial Dentures (RPDS) and to compare their subjective evaluations with those of a dentist using objective criteria to examine the quality of the prostheses. A questionnaire was developed into three sections using questions adapted from previous studies. The first part included the personal data, medical history, denture experience, age of prosthesis, opposing denture, and Kennedy classification. The second part had questions related to patient satisfaction, and the third part had a criteria to be evaluated by the dentist. Sixty-one (61) female patients who received ninety four (94) new RPDS in the college of Dentistry, KSU were recalled. The mean age of the patients was 45.4 years with an age ranged from 22 to 65 years. Results showed that 85% of patients were satisfied with their dentures. However, 50.8% of patients appeared unhappy about food remains under RPDs. A significant relationship between patient satisfaction and the quality of the removable partial dentures that were evaluated by the dentist for retention, stability, extension and occlusion (P ranged from 0.000 to 0.026), except for oral hygiene, where the patient's satisfaction was non-significant (P= 0.609). There was a significant patient's satisfaction with the age of prosthesis (n ranged from 50% to 89.1%, P= 0.010). On the contrary, non-significant association was found in regard to patient's age, medical history, experience, opposing dentition, and Kennedy classification and location (P ranged from 0.092 to 0.940), although there were high percentages of patient's satisfaction (n ranged from 75% to 100%).. Dentist evaluation, Patient's satisfaction, Removable partial denture quality, Saudi female patients. J Pak DentAssoc. 2011(4) : 239-243 KEY WORDS: A COMPARISON OF PATIENT SATISFACTION AND DENTIST EVALUATION OF REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES THERAPY AMONG SAUDI FEMALE PATIENTS Hana M. AL-AlSheikh BDS,MSc ORIGINAL ARTICLE 239 JPDA Vol. 20 No. 04 Oct-Dec 2011