In order to study the relationship between a person's dental health status, as judged by a dentist, and the person's satisfaction with his total dental condition, the author examined and interviewed 398 persons in middle Sweden. A multiple logistic model was used to investigate the probability of a person being satisfied with a dental status given certain conditions. It was found that most of the persons (83 per cent) were satisfied. There were no great differences in satisfaction rates between groups with good dental conditions and groups with worse conditions. The analysis did not reveal any factor strongly associated with satisfaction. The meaning of dental well-being is discussed.