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      SameDay Dental Implant Clinic

      The only certified ZAGA Center in the UAE and the GCC.

      There are patients who have been told there is not enough bone in their jaw for dental implants. Patients who have been through failed grafts, failed implants, or years of removable dentures with no clear path forward. For those patients, the question is not which clinic is most convenient. It is which clinic has the surgical expertise and the specific protocol to treat a case like theirs.

      SameDay Dental Implant Clinic in Dubai is a certified ZAGA Center — part of an international network of specialists in zygomatic implants, built around a clinical approach called the ZAGA Concept.

      SameDay Dental Implant Clinic in Dubai is the only ZAGA Center in the UAE and the wider GCC region.

      What this means for you as a patient

      Being treated at a ZAGA Center does not mean receiving a standard implant procedure. In fact, the entire point of the ZAGA Concept is that no two cases are treated the same way.

      Zygomatic implants are placed into the cheekbone rather than the jaw, which makes them possible for patients who have little or no bone remaining in the upper jaw — the so-called “no-bone” patients.

      What the ZAGA Concept adds is an anatomy-guided approach to that procedure. Every surgical and prosthetic decision is derived from the patient’s own anatomy: the shape of their cheekbone, the condition of the maxillary wall, the available soft tissue, and the prosthetic outcome required.

      The result of this approach is fewer complications, better long-term outcomes, and in most cases, fixed teeth within 24 hours of surgery.

      Zygomatic ZAGA Center

      Who developed the ZAGA Concept?

      The ZAGA Concept — Zygoma Anatomy-Guided Approach — was developed by Dr. Carlos Aparicio, a Spanish oral surgeon and researcher who first published the protocol in 2011. His work introduced something the field had been missing: a reproducible classification system that maps each patient’s cheekbone anatomy before a single surgical decision is made.

      Before the ZAGA Concept, zygomatic implant placement followed a standardised intra-sinus trajectory — the same technique applied to every patient regardless of their anatomy. This approach worked in some cases, but it was associated with a recurring pattern of complications: sinus inflammation, soft tissue breakdown, and prosthetic outcomes that were difficult to maintain long-term.

      This protocol changed that. By identifying five distinct anatomical types, he gave surgeons a framework to adapt the implant path, the surgical technique, and the implant geometry to each individual patient, rather than adapting the patient to a fixed technique.

      Dr. Costa Nicolopoulos, Dr. Carlos Aparicio, and Dr. Petros Yuvanoglu at the Edentulism 2025 Conference

      Our commitment as a ZAGA Center

      SameDay Dental Implant Clinic in Dubai is the only ZAGA Center in the UAE and the wider GCC region. Dr. Costa Nicolopoulos and Dr. Petros Yuvanoglu lead the ZAGA team at SameDay.

      As a certified ZAGA Center, our commitment is to plan every zygomatic implant case from the anatomy up — not from a standard template down.

      For patients who have been turned away, told there is not enough bone, or who are living with removable teeth when fixed ones are possible, the ZAGA Concept exists precisely for you. We follow the protocol that the evidence supports, apply it to your specific anatomy, and aim to restore fixed teeth with as little surgical intervention as necessary.

      "The ZAGA concept is not one technique for all. It's a patient-specific technique. And that decreases the complication rate significantly and increases to a great degree the success of this treatment."

      — Dr. Costa Nicolopoulos

      Dr. Costa Nicolopoulos

      BDS cum laude, FFD (SA) MFOS
      Specialist Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
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      Dr. Petros Yuvanoglu

      DMD summa cum laude
      Cert. Prosthodontics (Tufts, USA)
      Adjunct Faculty, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
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