Moldable sport mouthguards are cheap and can work to prevent grinding. You can cut them down to size.

Word of warning, I did one of these about 3 years ago, and it left me in a tremendous deal of pain and a journey that reminded me heavily of OPs post.

After years I am finally doing mostly better, but would not wish that on anyone. Unfortunately I'm not an expert and can't tell you what is better, but there are few decisions I regret more than doing a cheap over the counter nightguard.

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roel5059 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Once you use something like [1] where they make a custom one you'll never want to use the supermarket variety again. I would grind my way through the supermarket kind every 2-3 months but this one has held up really well and it cleans easily with denture cleaning solutions.

[1] https://sweetguards.com/

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hirvi74 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I tried all kinds of cheap options before shelling out the big bucks for a custom made guard. It's a night and day difference. The custom guards are ridiculously priced, but I cannot go back to OTC guards after having one.

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roel5059 5 hours ago | parent [-]

There are much cheaper options you can do at home instead of relying on a dentist to overprice it. See my comment elsewhere.

	▲	hirvi74 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The ones you are recommending in your comment history were not much cheaper than my custom, 3-D printed one from my dentist. Impression molded guards have nothing on what I ended up getting. I wish I knew the name of the device that was used to make it.

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ninininino 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Often much more uncomfortable since they are much thicker, no?