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THE SMYLIST POSITIONER – AN AMAZING

CONCEPT TO HELP TREAT AND POSITIVELY

INFLUENCE CHRONIC PROBLEMS

Maria Csillag and Ajay Kakar

Smylist is a term used to describe a unique and comprehensive
approach in dentistry. It perfectly blends aesthetics and function
to achieve a harmonious smile tailored to individual parameters.
This method ensures the harmonious operation of all involved
muscles, influencing the entire face. Specifically, it considers
the muscles of mastication, mimic muscles, the tongue, and the
muscles under the mandible.
Smylist emphasizes that the balance of mimic and chewing
muscles is key not only to achieving a balanced mandibular
position and harmonious occlusion (Balanced Occlusal Position),
but also to ensuring a relaxed face and temporomandibular joint
(TMJ). Moreover, this balance positively affects the muscles of the
entire body.

Observations of Smylist when the muscles are working in a Fig 1a
relaxed way:
• The blood circulation of the tissues significantly improves,
resulting in shinier, softer skin with fewer wrinkles, pimples/
acnes, and hypokeratotic dots. The turgor pressure also increases.
• The release of nerve compression by stressed muscles alleviates
unexplainable pains or makes them significantly milder.
• The lymphatic system becomes more effective, leading to visibly
softer and healthier skin.
• The facial muscles relax, working symmetrically, which can
resolve facial asymmetry and make older faces appear much
younger.
• Spasms in the chewing and neck muscles are relieved.
• A positive cascade effect can be observed throughout the body,
starting with the neck, shoulders, back, thoracic regions, chest, Fig 1b
hips, legs, knees, and feet.

In fact, “The Smylist positioner” is a panacea for various
situations that are often accepted as untreatable problems. These
issues are typically limited to pain management or symptom
control without complete resolution.
Some problems can be traced back to persistent, long-term
muscle spasms where tissues, bones, and areas are compressed
and function less optimally. Improper blood flow and circulation
cause hypo-oxygenation of the tissue, acidity, higher CO levels,
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and scarring on the skin surface. Asymmetrically working muscles
keep the mandible in an incorrect, rotated, or tilted position,
known as a Forced Mandibular Position (FMP). This position
leads to muscle spasms, shrinkage, and overstretched muscles on Fig 1c
the non-rotated side, freezing this incorrect mandibular position Fig 1: Three forms of rotation – The right rotated mandible, the upward
rotated mandible and the left rotated and tilted mandible
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