How can you tell the difference between bone and teeth?

Subject: How can you tell the difference between bone and teeth?

Date: Fri Jun 29 07:04:51 2007
Posted by Anna
Grade level: teacher/prof School: No school entered.
City: Perth State/Province: WA Country: Australia
Area of science: Anatomy
ID: 1183125891.An

Message:


I recently bit into a pizza and noticed a very hard white substance. It was 2 
pieces about 0.5 cm in size. I wanted to know if it was part of a bone or a 
tooth. Before I complain to the pizza company, I wanted to know what it was. I 
put them in a glass of water and they sunk to the bottom. Does bone float and 
teeth sink?

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