Dent in top. Solutions?

[Herman]

When causing a dent or scratch it the top, usually I steam or sand it out. But when a dent is too deep? Fill it, cover it or discard it?
Filling stays almost always visible and discarding the top is a waist. I did a few sunbursts over a dent.
What solutions do you have?
Ideas?
Herman

[John Parchem]

If I fill it is always with a slice of the same top wood. If it is a top to bottom direction scratch it can blend in a bit. Any other fill always shows. If the scratch is narrow enough I have filled with a clear filler and finished over. On a top any solution I have assumes I can finish sand the entire top and finish so the spruce is the same color.

I use gluboost fill and finish or stick shellac if I have a scratch in a finished top. I like gluboost as it is softer than most CA glues so it can be finish sanded after it cures. Other CA glues are so hard that when even carefully level sanding I end up with a the CA raised as the finish around it sands faster.