Photos show exactly how a dentist fixes a broken tooth using drills, chemicals, and blue light

• Dentistry can save your teeth, but it's difficult to know what's happening when you're in the chair. 
• A dentist showed Insider what the process can look like from his point of view.
• Here's how he fixes a broken tooth, in 11 steps.

Most of us will need dental work at some point — it's rare to get a proper look at how the process happens.

Insider spoke to Sami Shahhal, a restorative dentist and owner of a dental-educational channel called Smile Influencers, who explained a tooth restoration step by step.