A dental hygienist takes on a somewhat academic role as well; he or she educates dental patients on how to establish and maintain suitable oral hygiene, often with the aid of teeth models to give the patient a visual sense.
AKK is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to: Akhiok Airport (IATA airport code) Akkadian language, a Semitic language spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. AKK-Motorsport (Finland), a member of the FÃ©dÃ©ration Internationale de l'Automobile.
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the AKT, also called PKB, serine/threonine protein kinase family. AKT kinases are known to be regulators of cell signaling in response to insulin and growth factors. They are involved in a wide variety of biological processes including cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, tumorigenesis, as well as glycogen synthesis and glucose uptake.