How did dust get into macbook pro screen

I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 13 inch w/glossy screen, and somehow, what appears to be dust specks have gotten between the LCD and the plastic cover/casing that's over it. There are only a few of them, but they are extremely annoying because I can see them. My computer has never been in a dusty place, so I'm at a loss to explain this, and I wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem, and what (if any) solution there is.

The solution is to take it apart and clean it.
The solution actually to take it apart and clean it and then put it back together without allowing more dust specks than you removed to get in while you're reassembling it. The italicized part is the hard part — maddeningly hard, even for a capable technician. I suspect this is precisely the reason why Apple never disassembles the display, but replaces the entire assembly as a unit.

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