Should I just have the root filled tooth extracted and replaced with an implant?

Q. I recently lost a single rooted tooth on the right hand side of my lower jaw. It is not one of the front ones and l think it is a number 5? The tooth had fractured vertically and there was an abcess underneath. Moving back toward the back of my mouth, the tooth next to the missing one, has more than one root but had to be root filled and crowned which has done well but has a small amount of decay just showing on an x ray I’d just like to know whether it would feasible to take out the root filled tooth and put the implant in that socket and let it support a completely new missing single rooted tooth?,
A. Yes it is possible although you may need 2 implants, depending on your bite andrew
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