BACKGROUND

 

The department of Restorative Dentistry is the largest amongst all the departments in University of Ghana Dental School.

It is a broad branch of dentistry that focuses on restoring comfort and functions (proper chewing, biting and speaking) as well as enhancing the overall aesthetic appeal of the smile and confidence of the patient.

Restorative dentistry encompasses several dental specialties like conservative dentistry, endodontics, fixed and removable prosthodontics, geriatric restorative dentistry, dental implantology and esthetic dentistry.

The department runs basic courses of all these specialties for the undergraduates and the advanced courses for residents undergoing training for both membership and fellowship of both Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and the West African College of Surgeons. We also render both routine and specialist clinical services to the general public at Korle-bu Teaching Hospital campus.

Conservative dentistry primarily focusses on repairing teeth with cavities or decay (fillings) and chipped/fractured teeth.

Endodontics deals specifically with the treatment of the pulp and root canals to save damaged or infected teeth.

Prosthodontics focusses on replacing missing teeth and restoring oral function with removable prostheses like complete and partial dentures, and fixed prostheses like implants, bridges, crowns, inlays, onlays and veneers.

Geriatric Restorative Dentistry focusses on the specific oral health needs of older adults, including managing age-related dental issues.

Dental implantology involves the placement and restoration of dental implants to replace missing teeth.

Esthetic Dentistry focusses on enhancing the appearance of teeth and smiles through restorative procedures like dental veneers and direct bonding.

Besides teaching, training (undergraduates and residents) and rendering clinical services to the general public, the department also conducts numerous collaborative research and plays a major role in the research week activities organized annually in the school.

 

 DR PATRICK AMPOFO

(HEAD OF DEPARTMENT)

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He is a senior lecturer and a clinical consultant Prosthodontist and Implantologist. 

He attained his first degree in the medical & dental school in Plovdiv-Bulgaria in Europe and had his specialty degree in Prosthodontics and Implantology in King’s College in London. He got his fellowship degree in restorative dentistry in Sydney-Australia with the Royal Australian College of Dental Surgery. He is also an implant fellow of the International College of Oral Implantology (USA) and a fellow of the International College of Dentist (USA). He was elected as a fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2011 and held the position of faculty chairman and chief examiner of the faculty of dental surgery (GCPS) from 2017 -2021. He serves on several committees in the School, College and the University and also a member of several international professional organizations.

He has great research interests in dental implantology, tooth wear and regenerative endodontics. He has also published several research publications.

 

 

DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY

Patrick C. Ampofo                                        -                       Senior Lecturer/Head of Department

BDS, MClin Dent. FGCS, FICD, FICOI, FRACDS   

 

Sandra Hewlett                                 -                                   Associate Professor

BDS, M.Clin. Dent., FGCS, FWACS, PhD       

                                                 

Ebenezer A. Nyako                                        -                     Associate Professor/Post-Retirement 

BDS, FWACS, FICD, MClin. Dent, FGCS, FICOI

 

Akua Boakyewaa Konadu               -                                   Senior Lecturer

BDS, FGCS   

                                                               

Nana Frimpomaa Adu Ampomah             -                       Lecturer/Part-Time

BSc, BDS, FGCS

 

Frank Osei Bonsu                             -                                 Lecturer/ part time

BDS, FGCS         

 

                                                                       

Nana Kofi Acheampong                               -                     Lecturer/Part-Time

BSc, BDS, LDSRCS, MFGDP, DPDS, MSC, LLM

 

Pamela Ohene-Djan                         -                                  Lecturer/Part-Time

Dip Statistics, BDS, LDS RCS, MA, MSc, FGCS 

 

Adwoba Amoah Quaye                                                        Assistant Lecturer

HND, Postgraduate diploma(PGD), Msc

 

 

 

DR PATRICK CALDICOCK AMPOFO

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PROFILE OF DR AMPOFO

Dr. Patrick Caldicock Ampofo is currently the head of department of Restorative Dentistry.

He is a senior lecturer and a clinical consultant Prosthodontist and Implantologist. 

He attained his first degree in the medical & dental school in Plovdiv-Bulgaria in Europe and had his specialty degree in Prosthodontics and Implantology in King’s College in London. He got his fellowship degree in restorative dentistry in Sydney-Australia with the Royal Australian College of Dental Surgery. He is also an implant fellow of the International College of Oral Implantology (USA) and a fellow of the International College of Dentist (USA). He was elected as a fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2011 and held the position of faculty chairman and chief examiner of the faculty of dental surgery (GCPS) from 2017 -2021.

He serves on several committees in the School, College and the University and also a member of several international professional organizations.

He has great research interests in dental implantology, toothwear and regenerative endodontics.

He has also published several research publications. 

 

Selected peer-reviewed publications by Dr. Patrick C. Ampofo

  1. Konadu AB, Ampofo PC, Akyeh M, Hewlett SA et al; Comparative evaluation of selected concentrations of sodium hypochlorite on the outcome of endodontic therapy among Ghanaians: PLOS ONE 2024:19(7) Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0306693

 

   2. Ankoh S, Ampofo PC, Hewlett SA, Nyako EA et al: Analysis of resistance form of molar crown preparation for          full coverage porcelain fused to metal crowns: A prospective study at the University of Ghana Dental                        School. International Journal of Dentistry Research 2024 9(2): DOI:10.31254/dentistry.2024.9124

 

  3.  Ankoh S, Ampofo PC, Hewlett SA, Nyako EA et al: Evaluation of Resistance and Retention form of Molar Crown       Preparation for Porcelain Fused to Metal Crown at the University of Ghana Dental School: International Journal       of Dentistry Research 2024 9(1):15-18: DOI:10.31254/dentistry.2024.9105

 

  4.  Adu Ampomah F, Ampofo PC, Nyako EA, Hewlett SA et al: An in Vitro Analysis to Evaluate Coronal Residual            Dentine Thickness after Different Anterior Crown Preparations. Open Journal of Stomatology 2023;                           13(12):442-       449. DOI:10.4236/ojst.2023.1312037

 

 5.  Adu-Ampomah F, Ampofo PC, Nyako EA, Hewlett SA et al: Evaluating Residual Dentine Thickness Cervically             Following Various Anterior Crown Preparations for Zirconia Full Coverage Single Crowns: An in Vitro                         Analysis. Open Journal of Stomatology 2023 13(11):403-413. DOI:10.4236/ojst.2023.1311033

 

 6. Osei-Bonsu F, Ampofo PC, Nyako EA, Hewlett S et al: Accuracy of the electronic apex locator, tactile and                 radiographic methods in working length determination. J.Conservative Dentistry 26(3):311                                         Doi10.4103/jcd.jcd_45_23

 

 7. Quartey-Papafio N, Ampofo PC, Fleischer HNA, Ndanu T, Danso L.  Obturator Hygiene among patients with           maxillary defects at two teaching hospitals in Ghana. Ghana Dental Journal 2023 20(1):42-46. Doi:                             10.4314/gdj.v20i1.7 

 

 8. Ampofo PC, Goka RY, Konadu AB, Ndanu TA, Ankoh S: Root canal filling removal during endodontic                        retreatment - a survey of Ghanaian dentists: Ghana Dental Journal 2022 19:25-30. DOI:10.4314/gdj.v19i1.5

 

  1. Blankson PK, Amoah GK, Thadani M, Newman-Nartey M, Amarquaye G, Hewlett S, Ampofo PC, Sackeyfio J. Prevalence of oral condition and association factors among school children in Accra, Ghana. A cross-sectional study. International Dental Journal 2022;72:93-99

 

  1. Konadu AK, Nyako NA, Ampofo PC, Akyeh L, Ndanu TA, Yeboah-Manu D,. Microbial profile of root canal of pulpally infected teeth in Ghanaians. J.Oral RES 2021: 10(06):1 -11

     

  2. Berko D, Quartey-Papafio N, Ampofo PC, Fleischer HNA, Tormeti D,. Awareness and Practice of tooth replacement among adult within the Greater Accra Metropolis. Scholar Journal of Dental Sciences 2020 doi:1036347/sdjds.2020.v717.00x

 

  1. Blankson PK, Hewlett S, Ndanu TA, Amoah G, Boamah MO, Tormeti D, Ampofo PC, Mensah G, Minicucci N, Kowal P, Lartey M, Biritwum R, Yawson AE: Household expenditures and direct medical costs among older adults in Ghana: Evidence from WHO-Sage Wave 2. March 2020 Doi:10.21203/rs-18835/v1

 

  1. Quartey-Papafio N, Asante W, Ampofo PC, Tormeti D. Surface Hardness of Polymeric Denture Base Materials, Ghana Dental Journal. June 2019; 16: 10-13.

 

  1. Dargbe V, Quartey-Papafio N, Sackeyfio J, Ampofo PC. Potassium Ion Concentration in Toothpastes for Sensitive Teeth on the Ghanaian Market. African Journal of Dentistry 2019; 7(1): 1-5

 

  1. Acheampong AO, Newman-Nartey MA, Ampofo PC, Lamie RN, Ampem-Gyimah NT, et al. Views of Students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Dental School on Dentistry as a Career. Dentistry 2019; 9: 536. doi: 10.4172/2161-1122.1000536

 

  1. Acheampong AO, Ampofo PC, Newman-Nartey M, Anafi FA, Gyimah NTA, et al. Post-Graduate Dental Education: The Ghanaian Experience. Dentistry 2018; 8:490. doi: 10.4172/2161-1122.1000490

 

  1. Konadu AB, Ampofo PC, Hewlett S, Nyako EA, Ndanu TA. Sodium Hypochlorite and Its Use as Root Canal Irrigant: A Survey among Ghanaian Dental Practitioners. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana. 2018; 7(1):20-23 

 

  1. Ampofo PC, Osei-Tutu K, Nyako EA, Hewlett S, Quartey-Papafio N. A Survey of Dental Surgeons in Ghana on Their Utilization of Supplemental Local Anaesthetic Methods during Root Canal Therapy. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 2018; 7(1):46-52

 

  1. Attablayo P, Quartey-Papafio N, Ndanu TA, Sackeyfio J, Ampofo PC. Assessing Fluoride Content in Selected Bottled Water on the Ghanaian Market. Ghana Dental Journal 2018; 15:11-13.

 

  1. Acheampong AO, Anafi AF, Gyimah TA, Amuasi A, Obiri-Yeboah S, Sabbah DA, Nyarko A, Nartey NW, Ampofo PC, Ankoh S, Abu-Sakyi J, Asiamah IK, Larmie RN, Adu-Ababio F, Amoateng JA, Donkor P. The Perspectives of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Dental School Graduates. Open Journal of Stomatology. 2018; 8: 158-167

 

  1. Ampofo PC, Blankson P, Nyako EA, Konadu A, Quartey-Papafio N. Radiographic In-vivo determination of the number of canals in maxillary premolars of a Ghanaian population.  Nigerian Journal of Restorative Dentistry 2017;2(2):33-35 

 

  1. Osei-Tutu K, Ampofo PC, Nyako EA, Hewlett S, Konadu AB, Buckman VA. Post-Root Canal Treatment Pain and Its Management. A Survey of Dental Surgeons in Ghana. Nigerian Journal of Restorative Dentistry 2017; 2(1):27-32.

 

  1. Konadu AB, Ampofo PC, Hewlett S, Osei-Tutu K, Buckman VA. Knowledge of Dental Practitioners on Endodontic Standards and their Attitudes toward Adoption of New Endodontic Technology in Ghana. Ghana Dental Journal 2017; 14:16-20.

 

  1. Ampofo PC, Nyako EA, Hewlett S, Kwamin F.  Abnormal wear and tear of the dental hard tissues. In Dentistry in Ghana: The Journey so Far and the Challenges Ahead. University of Ghana Reader Clinical Science Series 1 edited by Nartey N.O. and Nyako E.A.  2014: 173-196

 

  1. Nyako EA, Ampofo PC, Hewlett S. Recent advances in implant dentistry. In Dentistry in Ghana: The Journey so Far and the Challenges Ahead. University of Ghana Reader Clinical Science Series 1 edited by Nartey N.O. and Nyako E.A.  2014: 91-111

 

  1. Hewlett S, Nyako EA, Ampofo PC. The evolution of dentures, false teeth: Are they really false. In Dentistry in Ghana: The Journey so Far and the Challenges Ahead. University of Ghana Reader Clinical Science Series 1 edited by Nartey N.O. and Nyako E.A.  2014: 258-279

 

  1. Parkins G, Armah G, Ampofo PC. Tumours and  Tumour-like lesions of the lower face at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana – an eight

    year study.  World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2007; 5:48-55

 

 

  1. Parkins G, Owusu-Boamah M, Ampofo PC.  Salivary Gland

       Tumour at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Ghana Dental Journal

    2006; 6(1): 28-33.

 

 

  1. Nyako EA, Ampofo PC.  The Ghanaian adults 

     knowledge and attitudes towards oral cancer risk factors.

     Ghana Dental Journal 2005; 5(1): 6-9.