My wife had a root canal in her front tooth about a year ago. Immediatly after the root canal she had a bad infection witch swelled up the side of her face. We called our hospital and they didn t take it serious and asked us to call the dentist for help. This is mostly because we are in a very rural area of Hawaii. She got those and the swelling went away but no doctor or dentist saw how bad her face swelled. Since then we have been back and forth to emergency rooms and doctor/dentist visits that have gotten us no where. She did swell in the face again though it was not nearly as bad as the first time, that emergency room doctor prescribed a stronger antibiotic. She has had serious fatigue and vertigo from this constantly. She says it hurts in her jaw and that its affecting her eye on that side. She doesnt seem to be getting better and we believe that her solution is to get rid of that tooth. She is afraid that she could have dead bone/tissue in her jaw from this, is that possible? How would we know? I am flying her to Oahu to a Root Canal specialist this week sometime but want to make sure we take the proper road to recovery as I don t believe she is going to have a long time to wait. Do you think she needs a Bone Scrape? Is the root canal specialist equip to help her? Should she see a Infectious disease specialist. thank you in advance for any advice you could give us.