Dr Urshla (“Oosh”) Devalia, President of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD), has been awarded an OBE in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours list, to be published on 13th June in The Gazette. Dr Devalia receives this honour in recognition of her contributions to children and young people’s oral health across the UK.

The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD), in collaboration with Jam Up! and Brush DJ, and supported by Henry Schein’s global corporate citizenship programme Henry Schein Cares, has launched two new videos designed to support the oral health of autistic children and young people (CYP).

The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) today welcomes new research published in the British Dental Journal (BDJ) showing a significant expansion in supervised toothbrushing (STB) across England. The findings demonstrate a continued positive trajectory since the first national survey was published in 2022, with many of the recommendations to overcome barriers to rollout of STB now implemented.

BSPD’s Outstanding Innovation Award (OIA) for 2026 has been awarded to Amrit Chauhan for toothPASTE: a co designed intervention to enable parents of young autistic children to feel confident and empowered in looking after their teeth. The winning initiative delivers a free, practical resource created with families, professionals and researchers to support neurodiverse children to improve oral health through informed, accessible guidance. The winner, Amrit Chauhan, is a lecturer and researcher in autism-related oral health at the University of Leeds School of Dentistry.

The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) has issued a joint statement clarifying dental therapists’ ability to perform procedures under general anaesthesia (GA). The statement, supported by the General Dental Council (GDC) has been co-developed with the British Association of Dental Therapists, the British Society of Special Care Dentistry, and the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry.