Dent on glass of Retina screen

Hi all,
I have a 3 months old MacBook Pro Retina and recongnized a spot, what I though was a dead pixel.
Looking closer though, I realised that somebody (definately not me!), somehow poked the screen with a pointy item, maybe a pen!
Now I have a little dent in the glass which is so close to the actual panel (screen) that it almost seems like it's 'pressing' the pixel underneath and causing it to glow white on a black background (kinda like a dead pixel).
It could also be, however, that the plastic is refracting the light around the dent? We're talking about a 0.2mm dent here...
Did anyone else come across this? Is the screen really that vulnerable and delicate on a Retina MacBook Pro?
Cheers,
Chris

Really small world. I went to the Apple Store in Germantown, TN with my same issue. Upon telling the Genius I discovered a dead pixel, he made the comment "you must have really good eyes to see something that small." I showed him where it was. He was surprised that he could see it as well. He plugged it up to their Ethernet and ran general diagnostics. Once everything turned out ok, he was again surprised that they had the part (a whole new "clamshell" display) in stock and can replace it free of charge under warranty. I was surprised as well that this could be done in house because these machines are supposedly so difficult to repair. Upon asking about the repair, he stated that it was nothing to the repair at all. He even showed me that all you have to do is remove the bottom and only a few screws hold the top housing in place and it is apparently a really simple repair process. He printed out the workorder for me to sign. I can't imagine this happening after the warranty period, because the cost to replace the screen "clamshell" is $719.68. Needless to say, I will be purchasing AppleCare since I haven't already before the warranty period on my machine is up. I dropped off my machine around 4:00 PM and got an email that it was ready around 8:00 PM. They even called me at 10:00 AM this morning to let me know that it was ready. Upon picking it up, I checked everything out and it appears to be as good as new. No dead pixel anymore! Yay!

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