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Dental dams

Fact: you can still catch STIs from oral sex. So if you're going down on your partner, it's worth using protection. If your partner is female, this means using a dental dam. A what? We explain all.

Dental dam

Sexy?Heeeeell no. Important? Yes.

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By Holly Bourne

Updated on 29-Sep-2015

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