Aribex In the News January 2012 DEXIS and NOMAD on the Road Over the years, our digital dental sensors have been teamed up with the Aribex Nomad handheld intraoral X-ray units during humanitarian efforts such as Missions of Mercy and recent dental health efforts in Haiti. Read the article January 2012 Winners Announced for the 2012 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Awards Manufacturing Executive, the global community for manufacturing leadership and producer of the Manufacturing Leadership Summit and Awards program, today announced the winners of the 2012 Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards. Read the article January 2012 Review of Aribex Nomad Portable X-Ray Machine If you are thinking about getting an Aribex Nomad Digital X-Ray machine, my advice is — “Do It!” Read the article January 2012 Study Reaffirms Safety of Handheld X-ray System Dental care providers and their patients need not worry about radiation exposure when using the Nomad handheld intraoral xray device, according to a new study in Health Physics. Read the article September 2011 The Wild Side of Dentistry Drs. Dan Mairani and Steven Holifield were asked to treat a 380-pound silverback gorilla that had been suffering from a dental infection. Read the article April 2011 Deployed dentists test lightweight mobile X-ray system Spc. Jonathan W. Thomas, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment It can sometimes be difficult for deployed Soldiers to access conventional dental treatment, but Army dentists at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, are testing a portable X-ray system which could change that. Read the article April 2011 Management of Anxious and Special-Needs Patients: THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY Harvey Levy, DMD, MAGD, LLSR, NJAGD wisdom Anxiety by definition is "worry gone out of control". It is irrational and illogical, but frighteningly real to the patient. Read the Article April 2011 Run and Hide No More RDH Magazine Has this ever happened to you? You carefully place a film, ask the patient to bite, the patient winces and wiggles, you position the cone, reposition when it starts to drift, run from the room, push the button, wait for the beep, run back, take the film when the patient hands it to you, and the cone seems to have drifted again but you can't be sure. Read the Article February 2011 Enhanced Handheld X-ray System World Dental Reporter The NOMAD Pro handheld dental X-ray system offers an enhanced user interface, preset and programmable exposure settings and other time-saving features. Read the Article February 2011 Lost in Translation by Adam Wooten UtahBusiness.com Aribex is a Utah-based company that understands the importance of preserving its brand message in translation. Read the Article		NOMAD on Television
		TV SHOWS LOVE THE NOMAD HANDHELD X-RAY SYSTEM NOMAD Handheld X-rays have been featured on CBS-TV's CSI:NY, on Fox TV's House and Bones, on ABC TV's Body of Proof, and on The Doctors (syndicated). Photos: CBS, Fox.

February 2011
New Tech Office Ideas
by Dr. Larry Emmott
Dental Economics
Close your eyes and picture your new dental office and your ideal ultramodern treatment room. What do you see?
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August 5, 2010
Portable x-ray devices fare well in comparative tests
DrBicupid.com
Portable dental x-ray units increase the mobility of forensic odontologists and allow more efficient x-ray work in a disaster field.
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July, 2010
Mobile Forensic Analysis
Forensic Technology Review
The compelling story of how handheld x-ray technology impacted the art of human identification.
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June 1, 2010
Aribex NOMAD Pro on Display at New Museum
Aribex, Inc. is proud that its NOMAD Pro Handheld X-ray System has been selected for inclusion in the Modern Dental Office display at the new National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, MD.
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April 26, 2010
Seal Trained to Hold Still for Dental X-rays
DrBicupid.com
Coaxed with squid and herring treats, a harbor seal at the New England Aquarium was trained to hold a digital sensor plate in its mouth so a veterinary dentist could take x-rays of its decayed canine tooth.
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February 13, 2010
Leopard's Root Canal Highlights Spacious New Hogle Hospital
Salt Lake Tribune
A male Amur leopard was among the first animals to receive surgery at a new veterinary hospital Saturday at Utah's Hogle Zoo. The rare feline, named Vladamere, received a root canal to treat a broken canine tooth.
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December, 2009
NOMAD Pro Video Demo
Pride Institute Technology Fair Video Demo
NOMAD Pro by Aribex was proud to be selected as one of thirteen "Best In Class" products to be featured at the Pride Institute's Technology Fair during the Greater New York Dental Meeting.

To see a video demonstration of the NOMAD Pro, click here.

December, 2009
Aribex NOMAD
Dental Products Report
When Aribex first began selling the NOMAD handheld x-ray in 2005, a new category of intraoral x-ray was created. Previously, dental x-ray devices had to be firmly attached to walls, had clumsy scissor arms, and required dental personnel to leave the room to take the image.
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November 4, 2009
Dentists Making House Calls?
DentalProductsReport.com
While many practices around the country are searching for new ways to bring new patients into the office, one San Francisco practice has expanded beyond its physical space to bring needed care to patients with physical and mental challenges in the community.
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September, 2009
NOMAD Proves Safe for General Use
Australasian Dental Practice magazine
An independent study presented at the 41st Annual Conference on Radiation Control concluded that the NOMAD handheld dental system produces staff radiation exposure doses so low that the vast majority of users received no measurable radiation dose.
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July, 2009
X-rays on the Move
By Carolyn Campbell, Zions Bank Community magazine
Dr. Clark Turner and his dentist, Dr. Eric Vogel, sparked the initial idea for their portable x-ray machine when they spoke together at a Cub Scout pinewood derby.
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July 9, 2009
Utah’s Top Young Companies Recognized
The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) today announced winners of its 2009 “Top 25 Under Five” Awards spotlighting outstanding Utah entrepreneurs and start-up companies.
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July, 2009
Utah Business Spotlight:
D. Clark Turner – A Visionary Entrepreneur
By Heather L. King, Utah Business Magazine
Starting a medical device company was a somewhat daunting, intimidating experience for Dr. D. Clark Turner, CEO and president of Aribex, a company that manufactures portable, battery-powered handheld X-ray devices for the dental and veterinary industries. But he says he overcame it by hiring very experienced people.
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July 1, 2009
DOTmed Industry Sector Report: Portable X-ray
by Joan Trombetti, Writer, DotMed Business News
Portable X-ray equipment travels anywhere and everywhere in and outside of hospitals, clinics, veterinary offices, coroner and dental offices, nursing homes and even on battlefields.
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June 24, 2009
What About the Products?
by Thais Carter, Editor-in-Chief, DentalProductsReport.com
Believe it or not, many of the products used in the field are the same ones you might use in the operatory. “Now with digital x-ray and portable units such as the Nomad from Aribex, we can go out in the field and take x-rays anywhere we want.”
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May 1, 2009
Utah's innovative spirit on display in Salt Lake City
By Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune
Notwithstanding the worst business climate in three-quarters of a century, old-fashioned faith in the future was on display Thursday at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City.
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April 20, 2009
Health Power Tools
by Mark Dayton, Utah Business Magazine
Portable and digital are the hot growth areas for devices these days—music, phones, cameras, browsers, x-rays…x-rays? An innovative new handheld x-ray device is working its way out of the emergency field clinic and into everyday use.
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April 6, 2009
Ask Marty: Q: Is the Nomad handheld x-ray unit safe, and how easy is it to use?
Dr. Bicuspid
Q: I need to purchase a new x-ray machine, and my staff wants me to look into the Nomad handheld x-ray unit. Is it safe, and how easy is it to use?
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