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The following Safeguard administrative policies are are integral part of this Plan and are <br />consistent with the principles of accepted dental practice and the continued maintenance <br />of good dental health: <br />A. TREATMENT PLANNING <br />Safeguard's objective is to see that all members are brought to a good level of oral <br />health and that this level is maintained. To achieve this objective, careful treatment <br />planning is required. Safeguard has established the following treatment priorities: <br />1. riorit F attention i's given to those procedures that, if not done first, could have <br />an immediate effect upon the member's overall oral health. <br />2. Priority is next given to treatment for active dental decay and periodontal <br />problems that would not have an i=ediate effect on the member's oral health. <br />3. Priority is then given to replacement of missing teeth. <br />�Xceptions may be made to this treatment planning concept based upon individual <br />circumstances. <br />B. DEFINITIONS <br />1. Full -Mouth Rehabilitation - is a treatment concept which has many different <br />definitions, depending upon the discipline of dentistry. For purposes of this <br />Flan, it shall be defined as extensive restorative treatment that involves 10 or <br />more posterior teeth and that is accomplished according to sound anatomic and <br />physiological concepts. <br />2. Correction of occlusion - Selective equilibration of the dentition or <br />restorations, not to include treatment of fall -mouth occlusal dysfunction. <br />3, optional Treatment Fee - The fee charged for services performed when the <br />member chooses an optional treatment plan as opposed to the dentist's <br />recommended customar , treatment plan. This fee is equal to the optional <br />treatment plan's UCR fee less a treatment credit. <br />UCR Fee - The dentist's usual fee for the treatment being performed <br />Treatment Credit -`the customary treatment plan UCR fee, less the copa ment <br />for the customary treatment plan. <br />For example: <br />Optional Treatment UCR Fee -- $L000.00 <br />Customary Treatment UCR Fee 500.00 <br />Co payment (100.00) <br />Treatment Credit 400.00 <br />Optional Treatment Fee $ 600.00 <br />CA x/91 <br />