The purpose of artificial teeth is to replace the lost teeth and to maintain the function of mastication and speech. Lack of personal mindset to wear denture leads to poor compliance. Motivation can affect personal mindset or attitude. Extrinsic motivation can make the denture wearers become more compliant. This study was aimed to determine the effect of extrinsic motivation on the compliance of removable denture wearers as well as the compliance level of the denture wearers at Batu Kota Manado. This was an analytical descriptive study using a cross sectional design. There were 81 respondents in this study obtained by using purposive sampling method. We used questionnaires which were already tested in terms of validity and reliability. Data were analyzed by using the simple regression test. The results showed that the extrinsic motivation of 60.5% respondents belonged to moderate category, 23.5% to high category, and 16% to low category. Based on the compliance level, 55.6% of respondents were in moderate level, 24.7% in low level, and 19.7% in high level. The simple regression test showed a P value of 0.000 (<0.05). Conclusion: Extrinsic motivation and compliance level of removable denture wearers were generally moderate. Moreover, extrinsic motivation could influence the level of compliance of the removable denture wearers at Batu Kota Manado.Keywords: extrinsic motivation, compliance, removable denture Abstrak: Pemakaian gigi tiruan bertujuan untuk menggantikan gigi yang hilang dan mence-gah terjadinya gangguan fungsi pengunyahan hingga fungsi bicara. Kurangnya pola pikir seseorang terhadap pemakaian gigi tiruan menyebabkan kepatuhan yang rendah. Motivasi dapat memengaruhi pola pikir atau sikap seseorang. Motivasi ekstrinsik dapat menjadikan pengguna gigi tiruan menjadi taat dan patuh. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh motivasi ekstrinsik terhadap tingkat kepatuhan pemakai gigi tiruan di Kelurahan Batu Kota. Jenis penelitian ialah deskriptif analitik dengan desain potong lintang. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 81 responden diperoleh dengan metode purposive sampling. Instrumen penelitian berupa kuesioner yang telah dilakukan uji validitas dan reliabilitas. Analisis hasil penelitian menggunakan uji statistik regresi sederhana. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 60,5% masyarakat Kelurahan Batu Kota memiliki motivasi ekstrinsik sedang, 23,5% tinggi, dan sebanyak16% rendah. Sebanyak 55,6% masyarakat memiliki tingkat kepatuhan sedang, 24,7% rendah, dan 19,7% tinggi. Hasil uji regresi sederhana mendapatkan P=0,000 (<0,05). Simpulan: Motivasi ekstrinsik masyarakat pemakai gigi tiruan lepasan dan tigkat kepatuhan umumnya tergolong sedang. Terdapat pengaruh motivasi ekstrinsik terhadap tingkat kepatuhan pemakai gigi tiruan lepasan di Kelurahan Batu Kota Manado.Kata kunci: motivasi ekstrinsik, kepatuhan, gigi tiruan lepasan