Table 2.

Mean flexural strength values for Ketac Molar Aplicap with various coating treatments, stored in different media (standard deviations in parentheses).

Storage medium	Uncoated	Coated with petroleum jelly	Coated with EquiaCoat + 20 s cure
Water	10.0 (3.3)a	17.3 (4.7)c	59.3 (19.8)d
Artificial saliva	36.6 (15.4)b	14.8 (5.0)a,c	62.7 (16.6)d
Lactic acid	31.4 (12.1)b	35.4 (10.2)b	60.0 (22.4)d

^{a, b, c and d} show groups which do not differ significantly from each other. Means for groups a, b, c and d differ significantly (p < 0.05).