Is it considered a good idea to seal around the base of a toilet? If so, what would you use? Silicon caulk? Plumbers putty?
The advantage to sealing is that it would keep water out and maybe make the toilet base easier to clean around and be more sanitary. A potential disadvantage is that you might not notice a leak around the wax ring if the base is sealed. I was thinking of sealing all but a small portion of the circumference as a compromise that would still alert me to a leak but that would still mostly seal the space between the toilet base and the tile and grout lines.