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(j) Delta Dental will pay the applicable percentage of the Dentist's Fee for a standard cast chrome or acrylic partial denture or a standard complete denture, (A "standard" complete or partial denture is defined as a removable prosthetic appliance provided to replace missing natural, permanent teeth and which Is constructed using accepted and conventional procedures and materials.) (k) If an Enrollee selects a more expensive plan of treatment than Is customarily provided, or specialized techniques, an allowance will be made for the least expensive, professlonally acceptable alternative treatment plan. Delta Dental will pay the applicable percentage of the lesser fee and the Enrollee is responsible for the remainder of the Dentist's fee, For example: a crown, where an amalgam filling would restore the tooth, or a precision denture, where a standard denture would suffice. 4.7 EXCLUSIONS - The following services are not Beneflts: (a) Services for Injuries or conditions that are covered under Workers' Compensation or Employer's Uabllity Laws. (b) Services which are provided to the Enrollee by any, Federal or State Government Agency or are provided without cost to the Enrollee by any municipality, county or other political subdivision, except as provided In California Health and Safety Code Section 1373(a). (c) Services with respect to congenital (hereditary) or developmental (following birth) malformations or cosmetic surgery or dentistry for purely cosmetic reasons, Including but not limited to: cleft palate, upper or lower jaw malformations, enamel hypoplasia (lack of development), fluorosis (a type of discoloration of the teeth) and anodontia (congenitally missing teeth). (d) Services for restoring tooth structure lost from wear (abrasion, erosion, attrltlon, or abfractlon), for rebuilding or maintaining chewing surfaces due to teeth out of alignment or occlusion, or for stabilizing the teeth. Such services include but are not limited to equilibration and periodontal splinting, (e) Prosthodontic services or any Single Procedure started prior to the date the person became eligible for such services under this Contract. (f) Prescribed or applied therapeutic drugs, premedication or analgesia. (g) Experimental procedures. (h) All hospital costs and any additional fees charged by the Dentist for hospital treatment. (1) Charges for anesthesia, other than general anesthesia or LV. sedation administered by a licensed Dentist In connection with covered oral Surgery services and select Endodontic and Periodontic procedures. (j) Extra -oral grafts (grafting of tissues from outside the mouth to oral tissue). (k) Diagnosis or treatment by any method of any condition related to the temporomandibular (jaw) joint or associated musculature, nerves and other tissues. (1) Replacements of existing restorations for any purpose other than active tooth decay. 25d-61