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Paragraph ~.11 GENERAL LIMITATIONS - OPTIONAL SERVICES is renumber~d to Paragraph ~.12 and is amended to read~ g,12 GENERAL LIMITATIONS- OPTIONAL SERVICES It an Eligible Person selects a more expensive plan of treatment than Is customarily provided~ or specialized techniques rather than standard procedures, GDS will pay the applicable percentage of the lesser fee and the patient is responsible for the remainder cE the Dentist% fee. For example= a gold crown where a sliver filling would restore the tooth~ a precision denture where a standard denture would sufflce. Paragraph ~.12 EXCLUSIONS is renumbered to be Paragraph Paragraph ~.13 which reads= In the absence o! an amendment mutually agreed upon between Applicant and CDS~ no change in Benefits shall be made during a Contract Term Is renumhered to be Paragraph Paragraph 5.0# (il) is amended to reads ~li) It the other coverage l$ by a dental insurance policy or prepaid dental care program~ the policy or program covering the patient as an employee shall be primary over the Policy or program covering the patient as a dependent~ and the Policy or program covering the patient as a dependent child of a male person shall be primary over the policy or program covering the patient as a dependent o! a female person {provided~ however~ that in the case legally separated or divorced parents, Et the mother has legal custody~ then the policy or program covering the Patient as a dependent of the mother~ or as a dependent of her spouse I~ she has re-married~ shall be primary over ~he policy or program covering the patient as a dependent of the natural father). Paragraph 8.02 is amended to rea& 8°02 Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Contract or the breach thereof between Applicant, CDS, a Participating Dentist, an Eligible Person or any of them, including any disagreement with a dalm determination made by CDS ~ter exhaustion of the procedure outlined in paragraph 6.10 of this Gontract~ shat be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association in Los Angeles or San Francisco. Any Party to a dispute, including an Eligible Person~ may initiate arbitration by written notice to each other party to such dispute~ stating the intention to arbitrate and describing the nature of the dispute~ the am~ant lnvolved~ if any~ and the remedy sought~ and by filing two copies ot such notice with the American Arbitration Association Regional OIflce in Los Angeles or 5an FrancJ$co~ together with the fee required by the Association.