Prof Sandra Ama Hewlett, is the dean of the University of Ghana Dental School assumed office on the 1st of August 2023. An alumnus of the school, she graduated with a BDS in 1999, and thereafter pursued a master’s degree at the University of London, obtaining a Masters in Clinical Dentistry in prosthodontics in 2005. In 2007 she was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Ghana Dental School, where she taught prosthodontics till July 2016 when she was appointed a Senior Lecturer in the Department. In 2018 she was appointed the head of the department. Prof Hewlett holds a Fellowship in Prosthodontics from the West African College of Surgeons, a Fellowship in Restorative Dentistry from the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and a PhD in Public Health. Her research interests include ageing and oral health of older adults and tooth loss particularly edentulism and its effect on systemic health. Prof Hewlett has an extensive list of publications including peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She is married with to three children.