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Stationery item seen in basic dental reshaping (7,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elastic band

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'stationery item' is the definition.
'elastic band' can be an answer for 'item' (I have seen 'Loopy item' mean 'elastic band' so perhaps 'item' could also mean 'elastic band'). I am not certain of the 'stationery' bit.

'basic dental reshaping' is the wordplay.
'reshaping' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'reshaped' mean this).
'basic'+'dental'='basicdental'
'basicdental' is an anagram of 'ELASTIC BAND'.

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(Other definitions for elastic band that I've seen before include "Rubber ring" , "Loop of thin rubber" , "Stretcher" , "It's flexible" , "Office item" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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