When you say ding is the wood chipped out and missing or has it just been dented?
If the latter you might be able to steam them out by using a damp cloth and a clothes iron.
Dampen the ding with the damp, not wet, cloth, hold the cloth over the ding and iron over it. The steam will swell the cells in the wood and the ding can disappear.
A soldering iron can also be used to heat things.
Keith