Professor Merley Newman-Nartey has a first BDS degree from the University of Ghana Medical School and a second degree in Orthodontics from Western University in Canada. She is Ghana’s first consultant Orthodontist and a member of the foundation faculty of six of the University of Ghana Dental School when the clinical program of Dentistry was localized in 1995.
She was the first head of the Department of Orthodontics and Paedodontics of the University of Ghana Dental School from 1995-2014 and the foundation Vice Dean of the University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry from 2014 to 2016.
She is the President of the Ghana Society of Orthodontists and Assistant Editor of the Ghana Dental Journal and West African Journal of Orthodontists. She has published widely and has 32 publications to her credit. Her main research interests are the orthodontic treatment of patients with special needs ( sickle cell patients and patients with orofacial clefts) and improvement of medical and dental education in West Africa and she is the recipient of the 2006 University of Ghana Best Teacher award for the Sciences.
She is married to Prof Nii Otu Nartey, the foundation dean of the University of Ghana Dental School and her interests include pianoforte playing, photography, gardening and swimming.
Selected peer reviewed publications :
1. Newman MA, Nartey NO: Oral Habits of Ghanaian Orthodontic
Patients. Ghana Dent J 2000: 1: 16-20
2. Nartey NO, Owusu SK, Newman MA, Nyako EA, Parkins GE. Bilateral Parotitis, Cervical Lymphadenopathy and Oral Hairy Leukoplakia presenting as the Initial Clinical Manifestation of HIV infection. Ghana Dent. J. 2000; 1: 21-23
3. Nartey NO, Newman MA, Nyako EA, Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia : Report of six cases from Ghana, West Africa. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry 2002;27(1): 63-66
4. Nartey NO, Newman MA, Nyako EA Prevalence of impacted teeth in Urban Ghanaians. African Dental Journal 2002;3(3):180-162
5. Newman MA, Nartey NO, Nyako EA. The pattern of impacted teeth in Orthodontic Patients. Ghana Dental Journal 2003;3(1): 14-18
6. Newman MA, Nartey NO. The Prevalence of Malocclusion and Occlusal Anomalies in Ghanaian Orthodontic Patients. Ghana Dental Journal 2004;4(1): 9-12
7. Nyako EA, Newman MA, Nartey NO Vander Woude syndrome Case report Ghana Medical Journal 2005;39(2):68-7
8. Newman MA, Nartey NO, Abdulai AE. Orthodontic space closure after traumatic loss of a Maxillary central incisor tooth Ghana Dental Journal 2006; 6: 42-46
9. Newman MA, Nyako EA, Amoah KG, Nartey NO. Combined Surgical and Orthodontic Management of Impacted teeth associated with Odontomas. Ghana Dental Journal 2010; 7(1): 7-9
10. Kakarbah-Quarshie CA, Newman-Nartey MA, Amoah KG. Radiographic Assessment of Pattern and Distribution of Anomalies in tooth Number among Ghanaian Patients. West Afr J Orthodon 2012; 1(1):26-32
11. Fadeju AD, Otuyemi OD, Ngom PI, Newman-Nartey MA, Amoah KG. Cepholometric Comparisons of dento-occlusal and skeletal patterns of Adolescents from three West African countries of Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal. West Afr J Orthod 2012; 1(2):20-29
12. Fadeju AD, Otuyemi OD, Ngom PI, Newman-Nartey MA. A Study of Soft tissue profiles among adolescents from the three West African countries of Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal. J Orthod 2013;40:53-61
13. Ayettey-Adamafio M, Newman-Nartey MA, Amoah KG. Assessing the difference in the Hours worked between Male and Female Dentists in Ghana ( A Pilot Study) Ghana Dent J 2013;10(1):30-31
14. Starkle N, Amoah KG, Newman-Nartey MA. Bracket failure among Orthodontic Patients in Ghana West Afr J Orthod 2013;2(2):12-17
15. Newman-Nartey MA, Osei –Tutu K, Ogubanjo BO, Adegbite KO Awareness and Knowledge of Orthodontics as a Specialty of Dentistry amongst students of the University of Ghana Medical School. West Afr J Orthodon 2013;2(2):30-34
16. Newman MA, Agbenorku P. The Status of Cleft Care in Ghana. OHDM 2014;13(1):1-4
17. Amoah KG, Moola S, Newman-Nartey MA. Treatment of primary teeth using formocresol pulpotomy for patients attending a University Dental School Clinic: best practice implementation project. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports 2014;12(6) :477 – 491
18. Konadu AB, Newman-Nartey MA, Amoah KG, Ndanu TA. Awareness and Prevalence of Career Associated Medical Conditions in Dentistry among Dental Practitioners in Ghana. Afr.J.Dent.2015; 3(1): 32-35
19. Hewlett S, Nartey NO, Richardson MA, Yeboah-Agyapong MA,
Newman-Nartey MA, Kwamin F. Dentistry in Ghana: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Dentistry in Ghana. In NO Nartey, EA Nyako Editors. Dentistry in Ghana, the Journey so far and Challenges Ahead 2015.
20. Nartey NO, Hewlett SA, Parkins GE, Adu-Ababio F, Newman-Nartey MA. Development of Dental Education in Ghana. Dentistry in Ghana. In NO Nartey, EA Nyako Editors. Dentistry in Ghana, the Journey so far and Challenges Ahead 2015.
21. Newman-Nartey MA, Opare-Atuah M, Adu-Ababio F, Ndanu T,
Nartey NO. Localization of Clinical Dentistry Training in Ghana and its Impact on the Brain Drain of Oral Health Professionals. Dentistry in Ghana. In NO Nartey, EA Nyako Editors. Dentistry in Ghana, the Journey so far and Challenges Ahead 2015.
22. Amoah KG, Newman-Nartey MA. Interceptive Orthodontics. Dentistry in Ghana. In NO Nartey, EA Nyako Editors. Dentistry in Ghana, the Journey so far and Challenges Ahead 2015.
23. Comfort Ayodele ADEKOYA-SOFOWORA, Merley Afua NEWMAN-NARTEY, Kwabena Gyaami AMOAH, Gwendolyn Pashenka AMARQUAYE, Rita Adorkor AKWE, Nana Kwame AMPOMAH.
24. Prevalence and causes of traumatic Dental injuries in Ghanaian Preschoolers in Accra Metropolis, Ghana. J paediatr Dent Res 2020; 1(1&2): 4-13