Elliot Abt, DDS, MS, MSc, received a master’s degree in oral pathology and dental degree from the University of Illinois.
Dr. Abt completed his dental residency training at Ravenswood and the University of Illinois Hospitals. From 1989-2004, Dr. Abt was the director of the dental residency programs at Ravenswood and Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
He then received a master’s degree in evidence-based healthcare from Oxford University.
Dr. Abt is an adjunct associate professor of oral medicine at the University of Illinois and directs the journal club for dental residents at Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
He teaches research methodology and biostatistics at the American Dental Association (ADA) Advanced Evidence-based Dentistry (EBD) Workshop.
Dr. Abt has co-authored several ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines and is an instructor in the ADA EBD Faculty Development Workshops.
Dr. Abt is a past-chair of the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs and maintains a private practice in general dentistry.
Experience and Honors
Past Chair of ADA Council on Scientific Affairs
Core Faculty for ADA EBD Training Workshops
Co-authored ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines
Contributor on ADA textbook on EBD
Principal Training Faculty
Robert J. Weyant, DMD MPH, DrPH, is professor and chair of the Department of Dental Public
Health and associate dean for public health and outreach at the University of Pittsburgh School
of Dental Medicine.
He is the current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Health Dentistry.
He has been the principal developer of the evidence-based dentistry program at the University of Pittsburgh that includes didactic, small group, and clinical EBD training of dental students and faculty, a program that has been in operation for over 20 years.
He received his MPH and his dental degree from the University of Pittsburgh and his doctorate in epidemiology from the University of Michigan.
Experience and Honors
Past members ADA Council on Scientific Affairs
Core Faculty for ADA EBD Training Workshops
Co-authored ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines
Contributor on ADA textbook on EBD
Inaugural recipient of the ADA EBD Award
