Professor Paul Abbott is a Specialist Endodontist and the Winthrop Professor of Clinical Dentistry at The University of Western Australia. Prior to taking a full-time University position in 2002, he spent 17 years in private specialist practice in Perth and Melbourne, and he continued working in private practice on a part-time basis until December 2020.

He has lectured extensively in 46 countries, has published over 205 articles in refereed journals and 24 textbook chapters. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Dental Traumatology and serves on Editorial Boards and Scientific Review Panels of 15 international journals.

He has received many awards for his teaching, research and service to the dental profession including the University of Western Australia’s Excellence in Teaching Awards in 2004, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 plus a Commendation for Lifetime Achievement from The WA Clinical Training Network Team in 2015. He was also appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2015 (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.”