Meet the President
The President of the British Dental Association is our most senior member, elected each year at the Annual General Meeting.
The President does not undertake an executive role but represents the BDA at appropriate meetings and events in the UK and overseas. The President also offers counsel through attendance at meetings of the board.
The current president of the BDA is Callum Youngson MBE.
Callum Youngson MBE
BDS DDSc FDS DRD MRD FDS(Rest Dent) PFHEA
Callum qualified from Dundee in 1982 and moved to Leeds where he eventually became Hon Consultant/Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry and Head of Conservative Dentistry.
He was appointed as Professor of Restorative Dentistry at Liverpool in 2004, where he was Dean from 2008 – 2018 before becoming the Associate ProVice Chancellor for Education in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.
He retired from clinical practice in 2021 after having had long term interests in failing restorative treatment, toothwear and complex oro-facial pain (and sometimes all of these together).
He has previously chaired Dental Schools Council and the Board of Dental Protection Ltd and was awarded an MBE in 2025 for services to Dental Education.
He became President of the BDA in May 2026.
He has had a number of ‘niche’ hobbies over the years but now mainly concentrates on cycling.