We are an association of prosthodontists who are engaged in the art and science of maxillofacial prosthetics. Our mission is to accumulate and disseminate knowledge and experience; and, to promote and maintain research programs involving methods, techniques and devices used in maxillofacial prosthetics. The Academy is devoted to the study and practice of methods used to habilitate esthetics and function of patients with acquired, congenital and developmental defects of the head and neck; and of methods used to maintain the oral health of patients exposed to cancer-cidal doses of radiation or cytotoxic drugs.