Emeritus Professor
The University of Western Australia
West Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Prof. Paul Abbott is the Emeritus Professor of Clinical Dentistry at The University of Western Australia. He is a Specialist Endodontist and prior to taking a full-time University position in 2002, he spent 17 years in private specialist endodontic practice in Perth and Melbourne. During this time, he also held part-time academic positions at The University of Western Australia and the University of Melbourne. He was the Dean of the School of Dentistry at The University of Western Australia and Director of the Oral Health Centre of WA from 2003-2009. He has presented over 1000 lectures and courses in 49 countries (many countries on numerous occasions). He has published over 230 articles in refereed journals, 25 textbook chapters and 47 Newsletter articles. His particualr areas of itnerest include dental traumatology, resorption, pain control and treatment outcomes. From 2015-2022, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Dental Traumatology. He has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and for service to the dental profession, particularly in education and research. In 2015, the Governor-General of Australia appointed Prof. Abbott as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for “distinguished service to clinical dentistry, and to higher education, as an academic, researcher and author, to endodontics as a practitioner, and to professional organisations.”
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT