I had the unfortunate experience to have not one, but TWO root canals go bad. I had to have the teeth pulled. I went to Dr. Pansegrau at Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to have him place both of my implants.
I was very pleased with his work. I have had one of my implants for a couple years and the second one just over a year. It's a long process, but worth it.
I do have to say, as far as putting the implant in, I opted to do a local anesthetic. Probably the dumbest thing I could do. I know it was probably literally minutes and the implant was drilled in but - ick. The pressure and sound is too much to bare.
I felt that Dr. Pansegrau was very informative and provided me with all of my options for deciding what to do. He is very friendly and would highly recommend him.
The other nice thing is they have 3 locations that he has hours at each, so you can pick the location that is most convenient for you.