A silent chain for restraining chordal action and improving noise and oscillation performance comprising a plurality of link plates each having a pair of teeth and pin apertures interlaced in link thickness and length directions and pivotably connected by connecting pins inserted in the pin apertures. Each of the teeth are formed of an inside flank and an outside flank. The inside flank of a first link plate projects from the outside flank of a second link plate whose one tooth overlaps a tooth of the first link plate when the chain is pulled straight. The inside flank and the outside flank are formed in such a way that 0.021 *P≤δmax≤0.063*p is satisfied where P is a chain pitch and δmax is a maximum projection of the inside flank of the first link plate relative to the outside flank of the adjacent second link plate.