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The same has happened to me few times and sadly I've never been able to find a good replacement.
I saw an eBay listing for a pool/billiard ball claiming to be compatible, but that's not apealling to me, and the price was something ridiculous like 40-50€, so I learned to live with the pain of just rotating the ball upside-down when I hit the dent.
I guess it would be possible to do a tiny patch on the dent with epoxy, but I don't want to take the risk of making things even worse.
Billiard ball only works on 1st gen products. I got an 8-ball. Here's an example: http://xahlee.info/kbd/i/Kensington_Expert_Mouse_S9FTj.jpg