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According to the oral‐brain‐behaviour (OBB) framework, to maintain good eating ability, one needs (i) to restore structural deficits of the oral cavity/teeth and (ii) to maintain the sensorimotor control of oral functions. Traditionally, point (ii) is relatively ignored in dental treatment because dentists assume that sensorimotor processing works well. However, as shown in Chapter 7, the sensorimotor processing of the brain may alter as age increases or in patients with brain impairment (e.g. neurodegeneration or stroke). Therefore, oral dysfunctions and difficulty in feeding may be associated with deficits in brain functions (Figure 1.3b). According to the OBB framework, for elderly or special needs patients, both fixing structural deficits and maintaining brain functions are critical to improving patients' oral health.