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Never having had an implant, I'm not entirely in a position to comment, but they were looked at when I mashed my face up coming off a bike when I was 17. In the end, they were ruled out, short of bone grafts, by my having removed all the bone above the missing (top front incisor) tooth.
It was however made clear to me that both rugby and boxing weren't recommended after implants, so I went for a metal plate which was a hell of a lot cheaper and has been zero trouble for the past twelve or thirteen years (though the tooth portion could do with repainting and the plate itself with some repair). So if money's likely to be a problem, maybe go for a plate for a bit and think about implants later if it proves a problem?