10-12 years ago I would get small dose (5mg or less) Hydrocodone for an infected tooth or pre-root canal
Today it is just high dose ibuprofen, luckily I have pretty good dental insurance now (did not in my late teens and early 20s) so I do not need the dentist for anything more than cleanings but I do think my luck that I went through that pain back then instead of now, taking high does IB would not have let me sleep back in those days as I had to wait for the Antibiotics to kill the infection before they could remove or fill the tooth, that took anywhere from 2 to 7 days (had 2 infected teeth a couple years apart, I was hard on my teeth in youth, a lesson learned the hard way)
Today it is just high dose ibuprofen, luckily I have pretty good dental insurance now (did not in my late teens and early 20s) so I do not need the dentist for anything more than cleanings but I do think my luck that I went through that pain back then instead of now, taking high does IB would not have let me sleep back in those days as I had to wait for the Antibiotics to kill the infection before they could remove or fill the tooth, that took anywhere from 2 to 7 days (had 2 infected teeth a couple years apart, I was hard on my teeth in youth, a lesson learned the hard way)