Well done for braving up to two extractions. I won't tell you my story, it can't possibly help anyone
When I was little, I used to 'recycle' my teeth - Mum began to realise she was dishing out more tanners than most shark have teeth so stopped giving them back to me - so then I started using pieces of polo mint broken to look like baby teeth...
My dad used to collect old newspapers and 'recycle' them on street corners, "EeeeenIN StanUUUUDDD". So I'm just following my genes...