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It's almost like transforming one part of your life can really allow you to start transforming other parts of your life. I think confidence and the way we feel about ourselves is so multilayered with our external appearance just being the surface of it. However, I do find that when we start to alter or enhance our outer appearance, that can really help get into those inner layers where we do start to see shifts in confidence to have the self-esteem to really be ourselves. Removing those vulnerabilities that people have had for years and years and years, and sometimes their entire life, really allows them to set their best foot forward. And while the external appearance is not the end-all be-all, it really is the gateway to further transformation and further change. It's almost like transforming one part of your life can really allow you to start transforming other parts of your life. Shifts in confidence, self-esteem are what we see all the time. And you're right, sometimes people come come in and expect that having a smile makeover will completely change their life. That isn't always the case, but it does help. Making that decision to take that first step to change one thing about your life that you don't like can ultimately lead to other changes. And I look at change and life transformation as a more holistic 360 approach, with a smile just being one part of it. So we're not guaranteeing that someone's life will change completely, but those little shifts in confidence can lead to much bigger change.