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I have a hard soft night upper teeth guard and and temporary crown on one of upper molars. The night guard fits with some intial pressure sensitivity on the crown at contact that settles after I get the guard on. I think my teeth might be hitting the guard on the side where the crown is a little early compared to the other side.

Question: Is it better to wear the guard even if a little ill fitting or go without until the permanent crown comes in?

Context: I’m not a heavy grinder, I don’t chew up my guards. I am a clencher though. I went without the last two nights and I woke with some same side ear pain as my temp crown.

I have a hard soft night upper teeth guard and and temporary crown on one of upper molars. The night guard fits with some intial pressure sensitivity on the crown at contact that settles after I get the guard on. I think my teeth might be hitting the guard on the side where the crown is a little early compared to the other side.

Question: Is it better to wear the guard even if a little ill fitting or go without until the permanent crown comes in?

Context: I’m not a heavy grinder, I don’t chew up my guards. I am a clencher though. I went without last night and I put my tongue a little between my teeth as I was falling asleep to see if I was biting down and yeah I did catch myself wanting to bite down.