[VIDEO] Stranger Leaves $25,000 Tip To Waiter To Get A Much-Needed New Set Of Teeth

Everyone who meets Brian Maixner is met with a huge laugh and an even bigger smile.

Only the waiter and single dad from Wichita, Kansas, has suffered from dental issues since he was a child, after chipping one of his front teeth lead to various infections that he has never been able to treat.

It was something that struck Fred Boettcher, an attorney from Oklahoma, who was in town catching up with his daughter at the Doo-Dah Diner, where Maixner works.

'I took one look at this young man and knew he was something special,' Boettcher told KWCH 12.

'He carried himself with such kindness and confidence with a mouth that looked painful. I was struck by that.'

Boettcher decided he wanted to help Maixner, who was until that point a complete stranger.

He spoke to Maixner's manager, and told her he was leaving a $25,000 tip to help him get a new set of teeth.

'This man doesn't know me and this is something I could never afford to do for myself,' Maixner said, confessing that he burst into tears when his manager told him the news.

'It touched me so much that he cared.'

The outstanding gesture came at no surprise to Boettcher's daughter.

'Dad gives so much, I remember him buying groceries for people in need when we were growing up,' Meredith Boettcher Young said.

Maixner has since undergone a number of procedures and now has a complete new set of top front teeth.

The dental procedures has changed his life, he says, with friends, family and regular customers surprised at the difference it has made.