Thank you for your fast response...At this point in the game, I have the implant placed and am getting ready for the abutment and crown to be placed, but I still have the infection in tooth # 13. Would you advise that I speak with my implant dentist about removing tooth #13 and having a second implant placed there...thus, skipping the seemingly next recommended step of a root canal in tooth # 13?

Also, would you delay the abutment and crown on the implant until the fate of tooth #13 has been decided? I am scared that I will either root canal or remove tooth # 13, then I'll have an infection in tooth # 12, then # 11....How can I get this to end??