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How to Use an Oral Barrier

How to use a what? Oral Barriers are also known as dams or dental dams. But knowing their different names does not always help people know what they actually are or what they actually do. What is an oral barrier or dam? A dam is a sheet of latex or polyisoprene (non-latex) that is used as a barrier when performing oral-vaginal or oral-anal sex. They are used to help reduce the transmission of infections that can occur during these activities.... Continue reading

What is a Latex Allergy?

  What is Latex Latex is a naturally occurring substance that is found beneath the bark of the rubber tree.  This milky white substance is harvested by tapping the trees.  The bark is scored and peeled back to create a channel that allows the sap to run into buckets attached to the trees.  This is collected and then processed into latex that is used in many common day-to-day items.  Latex possesses a great many attributes that allow it to be... Continue reading