Dentist gives once-homeless man a “million-dollar smile”

Harvor Davis used to be homeless and has now dedicated his life to helping others living on the streets.

He has a lot to smile about, but after years of neglect, a large gap in the front of his mouth was stopping him.

A kind dentist has stepped in to help Davis get his grin back.

Dr. Lee Fitzgerald of Forte Implant Center in Plano, Texas, took in Davis as a patient and was able to save eight teeth through dental surgery. The rest aren’t real, USA TODAY reports.

“He’s a very humble, kind, very appreciative person,” Fitzgerald told CBS News. “Some people you do something nice for, they have the sense ‘you should have done it for me’ – he’s not like that at all.”

The dental work was worth almost $50,000, CBS News reports, but for Davis it was free of charge.

“My smile used to be green and ugly, but now when I smile everyone smiles back,” Davis told Today.com.

Davis first volunteered for SoupMobile, a non-profit service that feeds the homeless, after meeting the executive director while waiting in line to get food five years ago.

Now he’s the senior warehouse manager and drives an ambulance car around the Dallas area serving meals to thousands.

“Helping out people – it’s wonderful thing, it’s a beautiful thing,” Davis told USA TODAY. “I wish I could have found this 20 years ago.”

After the surgery, Davis looked into the mirror and smiled.

“I jumped back and was like, ‘Who’s that? Who’s that guy staring back in the mirror?” Davis told CBS News. “I call it the ‘million-dollar smile.’”