Any advice on dental implants?

i have a malformed tooth that the dentist thinks should come out. i am young, but the tooth itself is "double" cusped--additionally, i have periontitis in that gum, BECAUSE the shape of the tooth prevents me from keeping it clean. anyway, point is, should i go ahead and have them pull it and do the implant? this is what they are suggesting, as there is no other way to prevent the gum from repeatedly becoming infected (i can't even floss between the teeth correctly because of the malformed shape). i am afraid it is too serious of a procedure at my age. anyone had implants? am i being taken for a ride by the dentist or should i do this? my tooth is very painful.

Any advice on dental implants?
Do it. I have three implants. They look and feel just like my original teeth. It takes awhile but if they're in the back (like mine) it's no big deal to go six months without a tooth. If it's noticable the dentist can make you a flipper so you won't have a visible missing tooth.
Reply:Depends what tooth is it or do you know the number of the tooth if its a back tooth you can have it extracted and have a bridge made or if your missing some maybe you can have a partial. You didnt state the severity of the bone loss ? do you have a perio problem ? implants are a long process so be ready for waiting a while for results and oo yeah bust out the checkbook !!
Reply:I HAVE THE EXACT SAME THING! i am missing two teth so i must get implants. i would let the dentist do what he needs to cause if u wait longer it could just become more painfull. best of luck
Reply:Do it it's really no big deal if you have a stable pain tolerance. I knocked a two of my teeth out at the age of 12 and one of them couldn't be saved. I had braces at the time and once they came off I got an implant. I was 18 and it was no big deal to me. No one can tell that it's not my real tooth and I haven't had any problems with it. I'm 20 now and I'm glad I had the implant put in, I had that gap for years, and then poof it was gone and I had a perfect smile after. The hard part is going through the surgery of placing the post. It smarts for about 3 or 4 days but heals relatively fast, and it's all down hill from there. You just have to have the patience to wait for the tooth to be placed on the post, it's a long process. I would do it all over again if I had the choice. Good luck, I think you would be happy with the results.
Reply:You don't say which tooth or how old you are. I'll tell you what our dentist said about my daughther's tooth - she's 11. She has an adult tooth (a front upper lateral) that has a root that has resorbed during orthodontics. Basically, she has very little root left on the tooth and it will most likely not make it through the rest of her ortho treatment. So when it loosens and falls out, she is at this point too young to get an implant. They said she needs to be 18 years old or older. So we will have her fitted with a flipper (a false tooth on a retainer-like thing) until she is old eough and then get her an implant tooth. Hope that helps.