An unfortunate female friend of mine contracted herpes. It was a devistating blow and she figured nobody would ever want to be with her again. Oh contraire - she still gets plenty of male attention even after she discloses her condition.
Her doctor advised several ways to prevent the spread of the virus including use of a dental dam during oral sex. What’s the deal with a dental dam. To me this seems like it would make cunnulingus futile.
Has any one given or received oral while using a dental dam? Any insight?
Have you been to the dentist recently? Say the last 20 years? If the dentist is fixing a filling, he will place a rubber barrier around the rest of your mouth & all teeth that aren’t being operated on, use gloves and a mask. Not like the old pre-AIDS days when he just washed his hands.
I always thought a dental dam is what the dentist says when he makes a slip and pokes the patient. Dam!
Musicat, I have been to the dentist lots in the past 20 years (what with being 27) and have never had them use a dental dam on me. It sounds horrid, actually. I’d never even heard of them until I heard about the recreational uses of them.
The worst thing you can hear from a dentist? “Oops!”
Ditto Whiterabbit. I had no idea until just now that they’re used for something other than oral sex…and I grew up in the 80s, been to the dentist plenty o’ times, and never ever had one whip out a dental dam on me.
whiterabbit, perhaps the dental operations you have been subjected to don’t include fillings or crowns. Tooth cleaning, of course, is impossible if the teeth are covered up! But for three non-specialist dentists I have visited in the past 20 years, all have used dental dams on me. It’s not horrid, but it is uncomfortable, and the latex smell, not pleasant. One advantage: the dam prevents the “byproducts” from drilling from getting in your mouth as much.
The worst thing a surgeon can say? “Oops, I cut it off, and it’s still too short!”
My friend works for a woman’s center & she gives them out at the local college. She said the dental dam come in various fruit flavors. Like licking a cherry I guess
I’ve got eight or ten fillings lurking in my mouth, but no dam. Like Neurotik, my last couple of dentists have worn masks and gloves. Different dentists do things differently, I suppose.
What was your motivation for using one…and did she (you?) get off?
BY INDYGRRL: “I’d rather not have oral at all if I had to use a dental dam. The, um, wetness is what makes it sexy”
there is wetness from within, but I would think the dam would eliminate the…uhh…friction (I guess thats the right word)
BTW - I have never heard of dental dams for anything but recreational uses either.
Motivation- the girl was terrified of STDs, and wouldn’t let me perform any other way…
I couldn’t do anything other than get her extremely frustrated using it- she couldn’t feel a thing- but with the saran wrap it took, gosh, probably 9 seconds…
Incidentally, I have 3 fillings and I’ve never had a dentist use a dental dam on me (perhaps I should rephrase this sentence ;-)). I thought they were designed for, well, oral sex.
Incidentally, you can make you own dental dam (if you so desired) by taking a non-lubed, non-spermicide condom and cutting a straight line from the rim to the tip…
Using a condom sounds gross. If you’ve ever tasted a condom, it’s nasty. I guess the texture of the tongue is part of the excitement for me. Just thinking about this is getting me excited.
Texture is very important. When my GF and I started trying oral I bought a pack of flavoured condoms and all I could feel was slight pressure (not enough to finish). And after we stopped using them for oral, we couldn’t use them for normal sex because she was slightly allergic to the flavouring.
I had a dental dam used once from what you folks describe (would never had known). They fit it over the tooth they work on (felt like there was a small hole for the tooth) and it fit very snug (lots of pushing etc).
For regular oral (nothing too rough) normal saran wrap is probably better since it’s very thin and easy to work with. I’d hate to taste the rubbery taste of a real dental dam.
If she’s really shy about it, what about “being down there” but using your hands? AFAIK you can’t get herpies on your fingers
Yes, as a matter of fact I went on Wednesday; seems like this is not common practice in the UK - My dentist wears thick latex gloves (possibly a double layer, I’m not sure), a surgeon’s mask and protective eyewear.
Who is the dam supposed to protect? the patient or the surgeon? How does it work - what is the actual point of covering up teeth that aren’t part of the action?
