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2She was 89 years old. Immaculately dressed. Hair done. Lipstick perfect. A quiet kind of elegance that made her seem like royalty.I didn%u2019t expect to speak with her. I was finishing a web page for my dental marketing agency, just passing the time on a long flight from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles.She watched me work for hours without saying a word.And then, just as we were about to land, she leaned over and asked:%u201cAre you a dentist?%u201dI smiled and said, %u201cOh no, I%u2019m not a dentist. Dentists are my clients. I help them sell more implants.%u201d She nodded. %u201cFull-arch cases?%u201d she asked.That stopped me. Most people don%u2019t use that kind of language.So I asked, %u201cAre you a dentist?%u201dShe laughed gently and said:%u201cNo. I%u2019m a full-arch patient. I love my dentist.%u201dAnd then she told me his name. He was one of my clients.As we stood up to deplane, I asked one last question: %u201cWater pick or air floss?%u201dShe grinned like a kid proudly, with a big smile on her face, said: %u201cWater-pick%u2026 and a toothbrush!%u201dIn that moment, I didn%u2019t see an 89-year-old woman.I saw a teenager smiling in the mirror for the first time. Someone who could now bite into an apple. Chew a steak. Speak with confidence. Laugh without hesitation.This is why dentistry matters. Because of this, this kind of moment, this great smile and a glow of confidence from someone who thought those days were behind them forever, this is what makes it all worth it.You%u2019re not just fixing teeth. You%u2019re giving people their lives back. One patient at a time.Maybe no one says it enough, but what you do matters more than you know.You walk into your office with more than a pair of gloves and a handpiece. You carry the weight of payroll. The pressure of performance. The responsibility for every smile that sits in your chair. And you do it quietly. Steadily. Day after day. And maybe it feels routine. But when someone like Grace looks in the mirror and sees a younger, happier, more confident version of themselves, that%u2019s you. That%u2019s your courage. Your conviction. Your commitment. And your craft. You gave her something that no ad, no app, no AI will ever replace:Human healing. Through your hands.