Does a Superdrive need to be cleaned?

I'm on my second superdrive in a 2009 mini.  Stops reading dvds sometimes.  Could it need to be cleaned?  Should I just hook up an external drive?

The optical drive in my late 2009 Mini just died two years ago. Cleaning did not help. I just purchased an external optical drive. The ones that require separate AC power are more reliable than those powered by the USB bus.

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