I don't have to tell you how important it is to use protection during sex-but you know what's also important? Using protection during oral sex. That's because-surprise-oral sex still carries the risk ...

For those of us lucky enough to get sex ed in school, you may have experienced putting a condom on a banana, but it’s unlikely dental dams were ever mentioned, let alone demonstrated. In case you ...

When I was in high school, I worked at a dentist's office. I was responsible for prepping the trays for cleaning appointments, sterilizing the instruments, and keeping the supply closets stocked. My ...

A large national study of dentists conducted by the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network has found that only 47 percent of dentists always use a dental dam during root canal treatment, with ...

If you and your partner haven’t been tested yet,you really do need to use them. (And you should check out these top-ranked condoms for pleasure and comfort.) S Seun Adeyeye Follow By now, youre ...

This week a Humptown reader asks, "Can you explain the dental dams and nitrile gloves?" Possibly in response to earlier Humptown articles about safer sex for lesbians, or sex parties, or perhaps ...

Sometime between 1864 and the 1980s, people figured out they could use “dental dams,” those rubber sheets dentists use to isolate a tooth for surgery, for sex. Just like a condom protects both parties ...

Enter, the dental dam-an unfortunately-named device. While you can just use a condom if you're performing oral sex on a man, the dental dam comes into play if you're performing oral sex on a woman, or ...

As my dental practice in upstate New York waits for the green light to return to a full patient load, I am seeing dentists and dental team members around the country implementing rubber dams more and ...