Dvd disc drive problem

My disk drive was smashed during my travels home for the holidays and has a hard time taking a disc. The opening is slightly pushed in and there is a slight dent (smooshed in area)on the bottom of the laptop about an inch to an inch and a half from the edge. The disc's sound terrible and I stopped it but had a hard time getting disc out. Is there anyway to fix this inexpensively (college kid)? Where would I find a screwdriver to try and get the casing off to take a look at it? Thanks

If you take it to a macstore or any other servicepoint where they know how to work a macbook pro you can ask if they want to try and bend it back into proper working order, this should be enough to fix your issue.

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