Invited Speaker
Prof. Paul Abbott
Paul Abbott is Emeritus Professor of Dentistry at The University of Western Australia. He is a Specialist Endodontist with over 45 years of clinical practice experience. Prior to taking a full-time University position in 2002, he spent 17 years in private specialist endodontic practice and he also held part-time academic positions at The University of Western Australia and the University of Melbourne. He was Dean and Head of the School of Dentistry at The University of Western Australia and Director of the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia from 2003-2009. He has presented over 1700 lectures and courses in 54 countries. He has over 430 publications with 270 articles in refereed journals, 25 textbook chapters and 50 Newsletter articles. From 2015-2022, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Dental Traumatology. Prof. Abbott’s main research and clinical interests revolve around dental traumatology, tooth resorption, and the diagnosis and management of pulp, root canal and peri-radicular conditions, with particular emphasis on pain control and disinfection of the root canal system. He has won numerous awards for his teaching, research and service to the dental profession, including the Jens O. Andreasen Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dental Traumatology from the International Association of Dental Traumatology (2024) and the Louis I. Grossman Award (2025) from the American Association of Endodontists for cumulative publications of significant research studies that have made an extraordinary contribution to endodontology. Prof. Abbott was also appointed by the Governor-General of Australia as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2015.
Keynote Lecture:
The Dental Traumatology Journey: Then, Now and Where to Next?
Abstract:
The field of dental traumatology has come a long way since the pioneering and visionary work of Dr. Jens Andreasen. He recognised early in his career that dental traumatology lacked evidence, consensus and direction with the result that many patients had less than ideal treatment of their injuries. Dr Andreasen’s vision in the 1950’s and 1960’s led to the establishment of a database where detailed clinical records were compiled and subsequently analysed. Numerous articles based on this database have been published over the last six decades and they largely form the basis of our current guidelines for the management of dental traumatic injuries (TDIs). Despite this, there are many dentists around the world who do not feel confident in managing TDIs and/or they admit that they lack the depth of knowledge required to manage these injuries. As a specific discipline within the dental profession, our responsibility is to address these issues but how can we do so and where do we go from here? These issues will be explored during this presentation.
Invited Lecture:
The New IADT/DTG Classification of Tooth Resorption and Associated Conditions
Abstract:
Numerous classification systems have been used in the dental literature over the years to describe the various types of tooth resorption. However, there has been no consensus and the dental profession has not adopted any particular classification for universal use. Compounding this problem has been the use of different, conflicting, confusing, unclear and inconsistent terminology to name the same condition which leads to uncertainty amongst clinicians, researchers and students regarding the diagnosis and management of resorbing teeth. The International Association for Dental Traumatology (IADT) and the Dental Trauma Guide (DTG) have recently collaborated to develop a new, comprehensive classification of tooth resorption and its associated conditions. This new classification will be outlined along with explanations and justification for the use of specific terminology. Each type of resorption will be defined and examples will be shown to enable dentists to adopt this classification with confidence.