What Is a Dental Dam? A dental dam is a square, stretchy sheet made from latex or polyurethane plastic. It blocks the body fluids that can spread sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Most people ...

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 ...

Perhaps you have come across a dental dam during a dental procedure? It’s a rectangular latex membrane, about the size of a folded sheet of letter paper, used to isolate the tooth within the operative ...

It is important to use barrier methods, such as male condoms and dental dams, during oral sex. This reduces the chances of transmitting and contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Oral sex ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are preventable through the use of certain contraceptives, including internal condoms, external condoms, and dental dams. While there are many types of birth ...

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