# Do Traditional or Flavored Tongue Depressors Make for Easier Posterior Oropharynx Exams in Pediatric Patients

> **NCT03095183** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Brooke Army Medical Center** · enrollment: 96 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Oropharynx

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Grape flavored Puritan Junior tongue depressor
- **DEVICE:** Traditional unflavored Puritan Regular Tongue Depressor

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03095183
- **Lead sponsor:** Brooke Army Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-08-24
- **Primary completion:** 2017-02-21
- **Final completion:** 2017-02-21
- **Target enrollment:** 96 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-03-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03095183

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03095183, "Do Traditional or Flavored Tongue Depressors Make for Easier Posterior Oropharynx Exams in Pediatric Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03095183. Licensed CC0.

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