Patients can reduce the risk of tooth injury by taking simple steps to protect themselves during certain activities. Patients are urged to wear protective head gear with mouth protection, and a mouth guard when playing contact sports such as baseball, soccer, football and hockey. People should also wear helmets when bicycling, rollerblading and skateboarding. People are also urged to wear a seatbelt at all times when traveling in a car. Such protection greatly reduces the risk of injury to the teeth. In some patients, especially young children, an overbite should be orthodontically corrected to minimize the risk to damage to the top front teeth.