Patent ID: 8839795

Claim:
A face and mouth muscle stimulator configured to stimulate facial muscles, alleviate bruxism and stimulate muscles of mastication comprising: a body comprised of biocompatible elastic material having an essentially flat approximately oval perimetral shape, the body including opposing side portions and opposing upper and lower zones, the opposing side portions extending at an angle from the respective upper and lower zones, each of the opposing upper and lower zones including a v-shaped recess centrally formed therein, wherein a contoured central opening is defined by the opposing side portions and the opposing upper and lower zones, including the v-shaped recess centrally formed therein, such that the body is open in its center; wherein the opposing side portions have a thickness greater than a thickness of the opposing upper and lower zones, and the body is adapted to be placed between a front side of teeth of a patient and an internal side of lips of the patient such that the opposing side portions stimulate areas of a patient's facial muscles; and stimulation points, each stimulation point comprising a removable protuberance positioned on and projecting outward from a front face of at least one of the opposing upper and lower zones, wherein the stimulation points are configured to act on muscle groups in the mouth of a patient, and wherein the front face of the at least one of the opposing upper and lower zones faces a front of a patient's mouth when the face and mouth muscle stimulator is within the mouth of a patient.