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An apparatus for exercising facial muscles. A first embodiment includes two arms, each having an end portion with a hole wherein is disposed a bifurcated pad assembly having an upper and a lower pad. Each pad is adapted to receive teeth and has a surface attached to a neck with a circumferential gro

An apparatus for exercising facial muscles. A first embodiment includes two arms, each having an end portion with a hole wherein is disposed a bifurcated pad assembly having an upper and a lower pad. Each pad is adapted to receive teeth and has a surface attached to a neck with a circumferential groove allowing the neck to be held within the rims of the end portion holes. A second embodiment includes two interconnected Y-shaped assemblies, each having two arms with an end portion holes wherein is disposed a bifurcated pad assembly each having an upper and a lower pad. Each pad is adapted to receive teeth and has a surface attached to a neck with a circumferential groove allowing the neck to be held within the rims of the end portion holes. In both embodiments, the separation between laterally opposed pad assemblies is incrementally adjustable.

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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for exercising facial muscles, comprising: a) an even plurality of arms each having an end portion of a pre-selected thickness and a hole there-through determined by a circumferential rim; b) an equal plurality of bifurcated pad assemblies each having an upper an

What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for exercising facial muscles, comprising: a) an even plurality of arms each having an end portion of a pre-selected thickness and a hole there-through determined by a circumferential rim; b) an equal plurality of bifurcated pad assemblies each having an upper and a lower pad made of compressible, resilient material, each upper pad having an upper surface with a first indentation adapted to closely receive a portion of at least one upper tooth, and a lower surface attached to a neck with a circumferential groove and a thickness slightly larger than the end portion thickness, each lower pad having a lower surface with a second indentation adapted to closely receive a portion of at least one lower tooth, and an upper surface attached to the neck, the lower pad of each pad assembly inserted through an end portion hole and the hole rim received within the groove; c) at least one pair of laterally opposed pad assemblies; and d) means for incrementally adjusting the distance separating each pair of laterally opposed pad assemblies. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: a) said plurality is 2; b) the two arms are attached distally to an arcuate handle; c) each first indentation receives a portion of at least one upper molar tooth; d) each second indentation receives a portion of at least one lower molar tooth; and e) said means for incrementally adjusting the distance separating the pad assemblies comprises a spacer of incrementally adjustable length connected between the arms. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said plurality is 4; a) first and second arms are attached to a tongue, forming a first Y-shaped assembly; b) third and fourth arms are attached to a sleeve having a longitudinal slot, forming a second Y-shaped assembly, the tongue closely received within the slot; c) a first pair of pad assemblies, one on the first Y-shaped assembly and the other on the second Y-shaped assembly, are laterally opposed and each first indentation thereof receives a portion of at least one upper molar tooth, and each second indentation thereof receives a portion of at least one lower molar tooth; d) a second pair of pad assemblies, one on the first Y-shaped assembly and the other on the second Y-shaped assembly, are laterally opposed and each first indentation thereof receives a portion of at least one upper premolar tooth, and each second indentation thereof receives a portion of at least one lower premolar tooth; and e) said means for incrementally adjusting the distance separating the first pair of pad assemblies and the second pair of pad assemblies comprises slidably positioning and fixing the tongue within the slot. 4. An apparatus for exercising facial muscles, comprising: a) first and second arms having, respectively, oppposed first and second central portions, first and second end distal portions attached to an arcuate handle, and opposed first and second proximal end portions each having upper and lower surfaces determining a common pre-selected thickness and a hole there-through determined by a circumferential rim; and b) first and second bifurcated pad assemblies each having upper and lower pads made of compressible, resilient material, each upper pad having an upper surface with a first indentation adapted to closely receive a portion of at least one upper molar tooth, and a lower surface attached to a neck with a circumferential groove and having a thickness slightly larger than the end portion thickness, each lower pad having a lower surface with a second indentation adapted to closely receive a portion of at least one lower molar tooth, and an upper surface attached to the neck, the lower pad of each assembly inserted through an end portion hole so the hole rim is received within the groove; and c) the first and second arm central portions each comprising a proximal sub-portion having an interior edge with a tapped hole, each hole engaged by a threaded end of a shaft having a knob symmetrically disposed between the two edges whereby the shaft end depth within each hole can be adjusted. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the arms consist essentially of polypropylene. 6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the pads consist of material demonstrated to be non-toxic and safe for use in a human mouth. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the pads consist essentially of a silicone rubber. 8. An apparatus for exercising facial muscles, comprising: a) first and second arms having, respectively, opposed first and second proximal end portions each having upper and lower surfaces determining a common pre-selected thickness and a hole there-through determined by a circumferential rim, each arm attached distally to a tongue, the arms and tongue forming a first y-shaped assembly; b) third and fourth arms having, respectively, opposed third and fourth proximal end portions each having an upper and lower surfaces of said common thickness and a hole there-through determined by a circumferential rim, each arm attached distally to a sleeve having an upper surface and a longitudinal slot, the arms and sleeve forming a second Y-shaped assembly, said tongue closely received within the slot; c) first, second, third, and fourth bifurcated pad assemblies each having an upper and lower pads made of compressible, resilient material, the upper pad of the first and third pad assemblies having an upper surface with a first indentation adapted to closely receive a portion of at least one upper molar tooth, the upper pad of the second and fourth pad assemblies having an upper surface with a first indentation adapted to closely receive a portion of at least one upper premolar tooth, the upper pad of the first, second, third, and fourth pad assemblies having a lower surface attached to a neck with a circumferential groove and a thickness slightly larger than the end portion thickness, the lower pad of the first and third pad assemblies having a lower surface with a second indentation adapted to closely receive a portion of at least one lower molar tooth, the lower pad of the second and fourth pad assemblies having a lower surface with a second indentation adapted to closely receive a portion of at least one lower premolar tooth, the lower pad of the first, second, third and fourth assemblies having an upper surface attached to the neck, the lower pad of each pad assembly inserted through an end portion hole so the hole rim is received within the groove; d) the first and third pad assemblies laterally opposed; and e) the second and fourth pad assemblies laterally opposed. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising means for changing the separation between the first and third pad assemblies, and between the second and fourth pad assemblies. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said means comprises a first plurality of holes in the sleeve upper surface, a second plurality of prongs in the tongue, said holes collinear and equally spaced and said prongs collinear and equally spaced. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the arms consist essentially of polypropylene. 12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the arms consist of material demonstrated to be non-toxic and safe for use in a human mouth. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the pads consist essentially of a silicone rubber.