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strawberrilove Neophyte Posts: 4 |
posted 04-01-2001 11:31 AM
  
Can someone please explain to me exactly how to use a dental dam? Thanks! Much appreciated! IP: Logged |
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glitter695 Activist Posts: 1976 |
posted 04-01-2001 01:39 PM
Its a peice of latex (like condoms) and it covers the females vulvua area when somebody performs oral sex on a women. It helps protect against STDs. People can also cut the end of a condom and use that in place of a dental dam. ------------------ "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't" -Erica Jong<~~~no thats not me :) IP: Logged |
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Dzuunmod Advocate Posts: 1515 |
posted 04-01-2001 01:53 PM
If I'm not mistaken, they can also be used as protection for anal activities... right...? IP: Logged |
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bettie Sexpert Posts: 1055 |
posted 04-01-2001 01:59 PM
You betcha Dzuumond! They work very well if you apply some waterbased lube on the side that comes into the contact with the receiver. ------------------ "Glad to have a friend like you, IP: Logged |
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emsily0 Advocate Posts: 786 |
posted 04-01-2001 09:29 PM
you can also use plastic wrap, like saran wrap. what you do is hold it against the woman's vulva and go at it. make sure not to flip it over, because that would defeat the purpose. em ------------------ Everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. IP: Logged |
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rdavid Activist Posts: 47 |
posted 04-02-2001 02:32 AM
and while we're doing the martha-stewart-of-safer-sex-supplies thing, let me state for the record that dental dams can be made in a pinch by cutting the tip off of a latex condom and then cutting the remaining cylindrical piece lengthwise. ta-da! large rectangular piece of latex! also, I've heard from a few people that cutting the thumb and surrounding area off of a latex glove and using that also works -- the thumb piece creates a... well, use your imagination, I guess. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Rizzo Activist Posts: 582 |
posted 04-06-2001 04:02 PM
I recall hearing that microwaveable saran wrap is a bad idea. Perhaps the pores in the plastic are too large? Maybe someone else knows 
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glitter695 Activist Posts: 1976 |
posted 04-06-2001 04:29 PM
Here Rizzo, go to this website, and it tells you about dental dams to microwavable saran wrap. http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/000167.html ------------------ "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't" -Erica Jong<~~~no thats not me :) IP: Logged |
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Siren Activist Posts: 190 |
posted 04-06-2001 07:39 PM
I don't know about anyone else but I always have trouble finding dental dams in stores. Maybe it's just where I live.  I've always just cut off the tip of a condom and then cut it length wise, works just as good!------------------ IP: Logged |
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CallMeBuffChick Activist Posts: 433 |
posted 04-06-2001 10:18 PM
What would it taste like? Rubber? IP: Logged |
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Miz Scarlet Sexpert Posts: 19846 |
posted 04-07-2001 06:19 AM
Dams by themselves taste like condoms by themselves, ultimately. But many dams are flavored, and some people use plain dams with flavored lube. And Siren, that indeed is a problem: most pharmacies don't carry them, and guess how sexist that is? Uh huh. If you're feeling proactive, bring in a list of what STIs and STDs can be contracted via female oral sex and tell the owner of your drugstore you think it'd be great if they carried them, especially if they carry condoms already. If not, make one out of an unlubricated condom or use plastic wrap, and Rizzo, I'm afraid never even having owned a microwave, and being someone who doesn't even go to big grocery stores, I didn't even know they had such a thing, but I'd advise plain old plastic wrap for now. I'd guess, as you did, that anything meant to be microwaved is designed differently. ------------------ "If you're a bird, be an early early bird -- IP: Logged |
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