I m a 19 year old girl.For the past 4 months, I m having swallowing difficulty, mainly a tightness in my throat while swallowing. It all started after I was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst & I cried continuously for few days. I first experienced strange symptoms like air getting trapped in my food pipe everytime I swallow, specially my saliva. My symptoms changed over this course of 4 months. I underwent a laparotomy for my cyst removal last month. My problems have increased since then. Apart from that, since the last 2 weeks, I started having chirping sounds in my right ear with my jaw movements. After a few days, I started experiencing strange muscular tightness & pressure below my chin & ears & region just above my hyoid bone. I also started experience a clicking & (rubbing of bones) sound in my throat (while swallowing liquids, while opening my mouth wide open & moving my neck down). Sometimes, I feel a heaviness in my head these days. I ve been to many ENTs......they keep saying everything is right with my throat. Some said GERD, but Antacids are not working. Can this be TMJ disorder? I ve read many such cases like mine. They have underwent many exams...but couldn t find any solution. I m wearing braces since August 2012. I never had any problem with them. I went to my orthodontist regularly. But due to my gynaecological problem (for which I had to undergo the operation), I m unable to visit my dentist since the last 3 months. I read in an article on the internet that orthodontic treatment can cause hyoid bone displacement! I put on those braces exactly a year ago & got my teeth extracted 2 weeks before that. In January this year, my orthodontist told me that Temporary Anchorage Device (TAD) will be required in my case to close the gap in my upper side. I got those TADs implanted in my gums in February. But I didn t get the opportunity to get strings attached to those TADs for the actual treatment to begin as my treatment came to a hault after my diagnosis of Ovarian cyst. I m having these symptoms of ear popping, right side headache, throat clicking, pressure & spasm on the sides of my neck since a month only. Can this be corrected using braces (coz I m still wearing them)?