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Introduction:Aesthetics seem to be primary concern among patients attending dental department for the replacement of missing teeth for which size and form of maxillary anterior teeth play an important role. Golden proportion is an essential and valuable guideline for evaluating symmetry, dominance, and proportion for diagnosis and treatment planning.

Objective:To assess the golden proportion of maxillary anterior teeth on the basis of sex in Nepalese population.

Materials and Method: An analytical cross-sectionalstudy was conducted in four months (September to December 2020) duration in College of Medical Sciences - Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur after getting the ethical approval. Dimensions of anterior teeth and perceived width of anterior teeth viewed from front were measured using a digital caliper read to the nearest 0.01 mm. The perceived mesiodistal widths of the teeth were measured. Data were entered and analysis was done in SPSS v.21.

Result: Out of 65 participants, 25 (38.46%) were male and 40 (61.54%) were female. It showed statistically significant difference among male and female for perceived width of maxillary right lateral and left lateral incisor. One sample t-test was carried out showing statistically significant differences between mean ratios of width of maxillary anterior teeth compared with ideal golden proportion (0.618) with P value of 0.002 for lateral to central incisor and P value

Conclusion: No existence of golden proportion was found in perceived width of maxillary anterior teeth in both the sexes.

Actual width; golden proportion; perceived width.