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Introduction: Today’s esthetic dentistry focuses on improvement or modification on gingival exposure for a beautiful smile. Increased gingival display is often considered as unaesthetic. There seems paucity of literature measuring the amount of pink portion of smile in Nepal.It is important to identify the acceptable gingival display for better planning the treatment in the patients with high lip position.

Objectives: To quantify thegingival exposurein Nepalese population with high upper lip position and to analyze based on gender.

Materials and Methods: The standardized digital photographs of participants with high upper lip position were collected and transferred to personal computer in which the gingival display during social smile was measuredand analyzed.

Results: The mean height of gingival exposure was 4.23 ± 1.906 mm with female having 4.45 ± 2.1 mm and male having 3.82 ± 1.453 mm. The difference was not statistically significant (p>0.05) based on gender. In 36 participants, the exposure of more than 3 mm was reported.

Conclusions: Within limitations of the study, we found the mean height of gingival exposure in Nepalese population. The prevalence of higher gingival component was noted and appropriate treatment modality is recommended to beautify the smiles.

Esthetics;gingiva;tooth components.