That tooth pain is no joke man!Last season, coming off the mountain back to camp, I slipped, and re-aggravated an otherwise nearly healed ACL tear. After a few hours it got less painful, but it was pretty scary an hour from camp, and 4 or 5 hours from the truck, in the dark, fog, and rain.
On the same hunt, I started to have a little bit of tooth pain. I always carry floss in my toiletries kit, so I carved away at it, dug some whatever it was that was stuck in there out, and figured it would get better. That night I woke up with the tooth throbbing, ended up gulping motrin all day and night for 4 days, and going to the dentist when I got home. First time in too long I went to the dentist. Ended up having 2 root canals and 7 or 8 fillings done.
Moral of that story is, do the preventative maintenance, so that stuff doesn't sneak up and ruin a trip.
I still keep motrin and T3s in my kit, just in case!