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4.5 PROSTHODONTIC BENEFITS. Delta Dental agrees to pay 50% of the Dentist's Usual, Customary and Reasonable fees or the Fee Actually Charged, whichever Is less, or 50% of the Delta Dental PPO Dentist's Fee for the construction or repair of fixed bridges, partial or complete dentures to replace missing, natural teeth; for Implant surgical placement and removal; and for Implant supported prosthetics, including Implant repair and recementatlon. 4.6 LIMITATIONS: (a) Only the first two oral examinations, including office visits for observation and specialist consultations, or combination thereof, provided to an Enrollee twice In a calendar year while he or she is enrolled under any Delta Dental plan are Benefits under this plan. See Note on additional Benefits during pregnancy. (b) Delta Dental pays for full -mouth x-rays only after five years have elapsed since any prior set of full -mouth x-rays was provided under any Delta Dental plan. Delta Dental pays for a panoramic x-ray provided as an Individual service only after five years have elapsed since any prior panoramic x-ray was provided under any Delta Dental plan. (c) Bitewing x-rays are provided on request by the Dentist, but not more than twice In a calendar year for children to age 18, or once In a calendar year for adults ages 18 and over, while the patient is an Enrollee under any Delta Dental plan. (d) A prophylaxis (cleaning) or Single Procedure that includes a prophylaxis is a Benefit twice each calendar year under any Delta Dental plan. See note on additional Benefits during pregnancy. Routine prophylaxes are covered as a Diagnostic and Preventive Benefit and periodontal prophylaxes are covered as a Basic Benefit. (e) Perlodontal scaling and root planing Is a Benefit once for each quadrant each 24 - month period. See note on additional Benefits during pregnancy. (f) Fluoride treatment Is a Benefit twice each calendar year under any Delta Dental plan. (g) Sealant Benefits include the application of sealants only to permanent first molars through age eight and second molars through age (15) if they are without caries (decay) or restorations on the occlusal surface. Sealant Benefits do not include the repair or replacement of a sealant on any tooth within two years of Its application. (h) Crowns, Inlays, Onlays or Cast Restoration are Benefits on the same tooth only once every five years while the patient Is an Enrollee under any Delta Dental plan, unless Delta Dental determines that replacement is required because the restoration is unsatisfactory as a result of poor quality of care, or because the tooth involved has experienced extensive loss or changes to tooth structure or supporting tissues since the replacement of the restoration. (1) Prosthodontic appliances and implants that were provided under any Delta Dental plan will be replaced only after five years _ have passed, except when Delta Dental determines that there Is such extensive loss of remaining teeth or change in supporting tissues that the existing fixed bridge, partial denture or complete denture cannot be made satisfactory. Replacement of a prosthodontic appliance or Implant supported prosthesis not provided under a Delta Dental plan will be covered If It Is unsatisfactory and cannot be made satisfactory. Implant removal Is limited to one for each tooth during the Enrollee's lifetime whether provided under a Delta Dental or any other dental care plan. e 25C-60