Mili is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Surrey and Sussex Health Care NHS Trust and the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. Mili developed the Health Education England national initiative ‘Mouth Care Matters’, to improve the oral health of adults in hospitals that was rolled out across England. Mili is the past president and current chair of the British Society of Gerodontology. She is the author of several articles in peer-reviewed journals and editor of a book on the oral health of older people. Mili was awarded an MBE in 2018 for service to NHS dentistry and the BDA award for excellence for contribution to special care dentistry in 2023.