Welcome Message and autobiography by Dr. Douglas Phillips, AAFP President 2025-6
Welcome to our members and guests to our 75th year of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics.
I am humbled and honored to be your president this coming year. We have an exciting future ahead of us since the approval by the members of the AAFP and the APS for the formation of The American Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry (AAPD) in March 2026 after our 75th Annual Scientific Session in February 2026.
Our main goal this year is to have an outstanding meeting and two limited attendance workshops on February 20-21, 2026. The theme of our meeting is From Fixed Prosthodontic Dentistry to Beyond, and you can review the outstanding program under the annual meeting tab on this website. The limited attendance workshops occur the Thursday before our annual scientific session. The registration period opens in October 2025.
My second goal is to maintain and transfer our culture of excellence, commitment, and fellowship in fixed prosthodontics as we move toward our merger to the The American Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry in 2026. Your leaders and many volunteer members are involved with this process. Please be sure to thank them for the hours they are devoting to the merger process.
I became a member of this Academy in 2006 after being encouraged by Dr. Rick Jordan, a past Treasurer of the AAFP and a dear friend, who mentored me in my private practice in Asheville, NC starting in 1998. Many existing and past officers of the AAFP have guided my journey in this organization, and I am so grateful to have served with them as an officer on the Board of Directors. I am currently in private practice in Asheville, NC. I mentor two Spear Study Clubs and am a visiting faculty member at Spear Education. Kathryn and I have three children and 7 grandchildren, and at the age of 71, I look forward to spending more time with my family in the future.
All my best,
Dr. Douglas B. Phillips
President of The American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics