A dental dam or rubber dam is a thin, 6-inch square sheet, usually latex or nitrile, used in dentistry to isolate the operative site from the rest of the mouth. Sometimes termed “Kofferdam”, it was designed in the United States in 1864 by Sanford Christie Barnum.
Where To Buy Dental Dam In South Africa
Inter-Africa Dental
Address: 1315 Stanza Bopape St, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 8AM Thu
Phone: +27 12 342 8551
KZN Dental Suppliers
Address: 206 Mathews Meyiwa Rd, Greyville, Durban, 4001, South Africa
Areas served: Southern Africa
Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 8:30AM Thu
Phone: +27 31 312 8234
MountainLake LifeStyle Pharmacy / Apteek
Address: Shop 13 & 14 Mountain Lake Shopping Centre, Oberon St, Hartbeespoort, Broederstroom, 0240, South Africa
Hours: Closes soon ⋅ 6PM ⋅ Opens 8:30AM Thu
Phone: +27 12 244 1718
Plumstead Dental Care (Dr Adam)
Address: 14 Gabriel Rd, Plumstead, Cape Town, 7800, South Africa
Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 8AM Thu
Phone: +27 21 762 4663.
Are dental dams over the counter?
Dental dams are available online and over-the-counter: at adult bookstores, some drugstores, and at your local Planned Parenthood health center for $1 each. Most dental dams are latex (take note of this if you have a latex allergy) and can be flavored or unflavored.
How does a dental dam stay in place?
Sometimes a dam will even stay in place on its own because of vaginal moisture or static. A certain brand of dam, called the Sheer Glyde dam, is FDA-approved for safer sex. But other types of dams can protect you, too. Just make sure it’s made of latex.
Can you use plastic wrap as a dental dam?
Planned Parenthood endorses the use of plastic wrap for oral sex when dental dams aren’t available.
..Plastic wrap, however, was designed for food storage, and is not FDA-approved to prevent the transmission of pathogens during sexual activity — manufacturers don’t even test it for that purpose.
Do dental dams prevent HPV?
Avoid skin-to-skin contact by not having sex. Use condoms and/or dental dams every time you have vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
Though condoms and dental dams are not as effective against HPV as they are against other STDs like chlamydia and HIV, safer sex can lower your chances of getting HPV.