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adelais said on 15 March 2011

Describing a dental dam as something that "fits in your mouth" is misleading as that's not where you place it and the person who wrote that is not appropriately informed. It's called a dental dam because they are also used during dental procedures as a barrier. During woman to woman sex they are stretched across the genitals to prevent exchange of body fluids between the woman and their partner's mouth or genitals which would otherwise be in direct contact. They take practice to use but that's not necessarily a problem! This page should be edited by someone who knows what they are talking about.

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