ZAGA is more than just a method, it is a philosophy of how we work with patient well-being as one of its core principles. Each patient’s individual characteristics and needs are the main elements considered when designing a treatment plan and deciding what materials or implants will be used.
By anchoring the dental prosthesis to zygomatic implants, the ZAGA philosophy aims to achieve long-term success in treating severe maxillary atrophy. In addition to maximizing success, the ZAGA philosophy seeks to prevent complications instead of treating them. To obtain these objectives through a standardized process, the ZAGA philosophy develops and uses individual, contrasted, and systemized action protocols.
October 2025
In the International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry
Carlos Aparicio, MD, DDS, MSc, MSc, DLT, PhD
October 2025
In Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Carlos Aparicio, MD, DDS, MSc, MSc, DLT, PhD, Adi Lorean, OMFS, DMD, and David Pastorino, Mat.Sci.Eng., MEng, MASt, PhD
September 2025
In Managing Fully Edentulous Patients
Bilal Al-Nawas, Prof, Dr, Dr, Carlos Aparicio, MD, DDS, MSc, MSc, DLT, PhD
July 2025
Carlos Aparicio, MD, DDS, MSc, MSc, DLT, PhD, Antoine Chehade, BSc, MS, David Wei-Kai Hsu, DDS , Guy McLellan, DDS, MS
February 2024
Carlos Aparicio, Arnau Aparicio
July 2023
Carlos Aparicio, Arnau Aparicio and John Brunski
July 2023
Carlos Aparicio
March 2023
In Zygoma Implants. Step by Step by Arun K. Garg
Co-authors: Carlos Aparicio
August 2022
Aleix Solà Pérez, David Pastorino, Carlos Aparicio, Marta Pegueroles Neyra, Rabia Sannam Khan, Simon Wright and Cemal Ucer
April 2022
Aparicio C, Polido WD, Chow J, Davó R, Al-Nawas B. Int J Implant Dent. 2022 Apr 1;8(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s40729-022-00412-8.
February 2022
Carlos Aparicio, Antonio Olivo, Victor de Paz, Daniel Kraus, Manuel Martin Luque, Eduardo Crooke, Peter Simon, Madalina Simon, Jose Ferreira, Andre Sakima Serrano, Jan Peter Ilg, Arturo Bilbao, Alberto Fernandez, Pedro Guitián, Jay Neugarten
September 2021
Carlos Aparicio, Waldemar D. Polido, Hooman M. Zarrinkelk, Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics
August 2021
Carlos Aparicio, Waldemar D Polido, James Chow, Lesley David, Rubén Davo, Eduardo Jose De Moraes, Alex Fibishenko, Masami Ando, Guy Mclellan, Costa Nicolopoulos, Michael A Pikos, Hooman Zarrinkelk, Thomas J Balshi, Miguel Peñarrocha
May 2021
Carlos Aparicio, Pedro Clarós, Natalia Końska, P. Clarós-Pujol, D. Clarós-Pujol, M. Peñarrocha-Diago
March 2020
Miguel Peñarrocha-Diago , Juan Carlos Bernabeu-Mira, Alberto Fernández-Ruíz, Carlos Aparicio and David Peñarrocha-Oltra
2020
In: James Chow (Ed.), Zygomatic Implants: Optimization and Innovation, March 2020, pp. 63–85
Carlos Aparicio
by Marco Rinaldi, Scott Ganz, and Angelo Mottola
2015
Featured chapter: Carlos Aparicio
October 2014
Carlos Aparicio, Carolina Manresa, Karen Francisco, Arnau Aparicio, Jonas Nunes, Pedro Claros, Josep M Potau.
Clin Implant Dent Relat Res. 2014 Oct;16(5):627-42. doi: 10.1111/cid.12047. Epub 2013 Mar 6. PMID: 23464749.
Clin Implant Dent Relat Res 2010;12:55-61. E-Pub 2008.
Aparicio C, Ouazzani W, Aparicio A, Fortes V, Muela R, Pascual A et al.
April 2008
Aparicio, C., & Soto-Yarritu Quintana, R.
J Clin Perio 2006: 33: supplement (second part) 128
Ouazzani W, Arevalo J, Sennerby L, Lundgren S, Aparicio C.
2006-2010
The group led by Dr. Carlos Aparicio published in 2006 a first report summarizing their initial one-year experience with the extra-maxillary technique (Ouazzani W, Arevalo J, Sennerby L, Lundgren S, Aparicio C. Zygomatic implants. A new surgical approach. J Clin Perio. 2006;33: supplement [second part]:128). Subsequently, in 2008, as a continuation of that prospective study, the same group reported the three-year follow-up (Aparicio C, Ouazzani W, Aparicio A, Fortes V, Muela R, Pascual A, Codesal M, Barluenga N, Manresa C, Franch M. Extra sinus zygomatic implants: three-year experience from a new surgical approach for patients with pronounced buccal concavities in the edentulous maxilla. Clin Implant Dent Relat Res. 2010;12(1):55-61. doi:10.1111/j.1708-8208.2008.00130.x. Epub 2008 Dec 3. PMID: 19076181).
It is also noteworthy that, in 2006, the group of Dr. Reginaldo Migliorança published in Portuguese, in a non-indexed Brazilian journal, their experience placing zygomatic implants using an exteriorized technique (Migliorança et al. Exteriorização de fixações zigomáticas em relação ao seio maxilar: uma nova abordagem cirúrgica. Implant News. 2006;3(1):30).
February 1993
Carlos Aparicio, Per-lngvar Brånemark, Eugene E. Keller, Jordi Olivé
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