Dentist
BDS, MPH, PGT (Oral Surgery)
General & Pediatric Dentistry Specialist
🎯 Expert in treating: Langerhans cell, Ewing sarcoma, Primary intraosseous, Metastatic neuroendocrine, Calcifying odontogenic
🎓 Consultant, Dental
🏛️ Khulna Shishu Hospital
Consultant, Dental — Khulna Shishu Hospital
Dr. Sakil Imran Khan Chowdhury best General and Pediatric Dentistry Specialist in Khulna City delivers specialized diagnostic, clinical, and surgical care for complex pediatric and adult orofacial conditions, including Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Ewing sarcoma of the jaw, and calcifying odontogenic cysts. Looking for the best Dental Specialist in Khulna, parents and individuals consult him for precise primary intraosseous carcinoma evaluation, metastatic neuroendocrine tumor detection in the jaw, and comprehensive pediatric and general dental interventions. His clinical practice spans rare childhood jaw malignancies, aggressive bone-destroying cysts, and interceptive pediatric dentistry. He integrates over 6 years of diagnostic wisdom with targeted oral surgical training to optimize child oral health, restore function, and act as the critical first line of detection for life-threatening pediatric maxillofacial pathologies.
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📍 18/1, KDA Avenue, Moylapota Mor, Khulna Sadar, Khulna
🕒 Visiting hours: 4:30pm to 8:30pm (Closed: Friday)
💳 Consultation fee: ৳800
Dr. Sakil Imran Khan Chowdhury is a Consultant in the Dental Department at Khulna Shishu Hospital, Khulna, with over 6 years of dedicated clinical, academic, and pediatric surgical dentistry experience. As a highly skilled General & Pediatric Dentistry Specialist, he provides expert care for severe and complex orofacial conditions in children and adults. His practice uniquely focuses on identifying and managing rare, aggressive jaw pathologies such as Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Ewing sarcoma of the mandible/maxilla, primary intraosseous carcinomas, metastatic neuroendocrine tumors, and calcifying odontogenic cysts. Parents seeking expert dental evaluation for their children receive evidence-based treatments tailored to eradicate severe tooth decay, manage acute oral infections, and orchestrate rapid, life-saving biopsies and referrals for pediatric jaw tumors. His medical practice combines high-precision minor oral surgery with individualized, child-friendly patient care plans.
Dr. Sakil Imran Khan Chowdhury completed his BDS degree, establishing a robust clinical foundation in general dental sciences. Demonstrating a profound commitment to population health and preventive care, he earned a Master of Public Health (MPH). This unique qualification allows him to approach pediatric dentistry not just from a surgical perspective, but from an epidemiological one, identifying disease trends and implementing community-level preventive strategies. To master the surgical management of complex oral diseases, he pursued Post Graduate Training (PGT) in Oral Surgery. Finding the best Pediatric Dentist in Khulna leads parents to rely on his clinical leadership as a Consultant at Khulna Shishu Hospital, the region's premier dedicated pediatric medical institution.
His primary clinical focus includes the diagnostic biopsy and surgical triage of rare pediatric jaw tumors (like Ewing sarcoma and LCH), surgical enucleation of calcifying odontogenic cysts, full-mouth rehabilitation for early childhood caries under sedation, and interceptive space management for prematurely lost baby teeth. His diagnostic framework incorporates advanced pediatric dental imaging (OPG/CBCT), histopathological biopsy coordination for aggressive jaw swellings, and comprehensive dental risk stratification to formulate effective, long-term oral health strategies for growing children.
| Profile Field | Details |
| Full Name | Dr. Sakil Imran Khan Chowdhury |
| Primary Specialty | General & Pediatric Dentistry |
| Secondary Specialties | Pediatric Oral Surgery & Jaw Pathology |
| Designation | Consultant, Dental |
| Workplace | Khulna Shishu Hospital, Khulna |
| Total Experience | 6+ Years |
| Location | Khulna, Bangladesh |
BDS – Bachelor of Dental Surgery
MPH – Master of Public Health
PGT (Oral Surgery) – Post Graduate Training in Oral Surgery
Designation: Consultant, Dental
Workplace: Dental Department, Khulna Shishu Hospital, Khulna
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the jaw requires diagnostic biopsy of "floating teeth" and oncological referral.
Ewing sarcoma of the jaw demands rapid surgical biopsy of rapidly growing, painful pediatric bone tumors.
Calcifying odontogenic cyst (COC) requires surgical enucleation and chemical cauterization.
Primary intraosseous carcinoma needs deep bone biopsy and aggressive multidisciplinary oncological care.
Metastatic neuroendocrine tumors in the jaw require systemic evaluation and palliative/diagnostic oral surgery.
Early Childhood Caries (Nursing bottle caries) requires comprehensive pediatric restorative care or pulpectomy.
Pediatric dental abscesses demand emergency incision, drainage, and antibiotic therapy.
Impacted or supernumerary teeth in children demand surgical extraction to guide normal eruption.
Dental trauma (fractured or avulsed baby/permanent teeth) requires emergency splinting and pulpal therapy.
Premature loss of primary teeth demands the placement of interceptive space maintainers.
Gingivitis and periodontal issues require professional scaling and oral hygiene instruction.
Pediatric Oral Pathology & Diagnostics: Acting as the crucial first line of defense, identifying rare, highly aggressive jaw cancers and systemic diseases in children that disguise themselves as common dental infections.
Minor Oral Surgery (Pediatric): Expert delivery of surgical extractions, cyst enucleations, and biopsies in a child-friendly, atraumatic environment, leveraging his targeted PGT in oral surgery.
Preventive & Public Health Dentistry: Utilizing his MPH background to design comprehensive, family-based preventive protocols to halt rampant tooth decay before it destroys a child's dentition.
When a child presents with a rapidly expanding jaw swelling or teeth that inexplicably become completely loose, standard dentistry is not enough. Drawing on his Oral Surgery training, Dr. Chowdhury performs highly precise incisional biopsies under local anesthesia. By extracting a small sample of the suspicious tissue and coordinating with specialized histopathologists, he can definitively diagnose terrifying conditions like Ewing Sarcoma or LCH early enough to save the child's life.
When a child's baby tooth suffers from deep decay that reaches the nerve, pulling the tooth too early can ruin the spacing for their future adult teeth. Dr. Chowdhury performs a "pulpectomy" (a pediatric root canal), removing the infected nerve, and places a durable, pre-formed Stainless Steel Crown over the tooth. This saves the tooth, completely relieves the child's pain, and holds the essential space open in the jawbone.
For benign but destructive cysts like the Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst (COC), Dr. Chowdhury performs surgical enucleation. He carefully peels the entire cyst lining away from the child's developing jawbone, taking extreme care not to damage the buds of the permanent adult teeth waiting underneath.
LCH is a rare disorder where the body produces too many Langerhans cells (a type of white blood cell), which build up and form tumors. In the jaw, these tumors aggressively eat away the bone supporting the teeth. On an X-ray, the teeth appear to be hovering in mid-air—a classic sign called "floating teeth." Dr. Chowdhury's role is to recognize this rare phenomenon, perform a biopsy, and urgently refer the child to a pediatric oncologist.
Ewing sarcoma is an exceedingly rare, highly aggressive bone cancer that primarily affects children and teenagers. While usually found in the legs or pelvis, it can occasionally arise in the jawbones. It presents as a rapidly growing, painful swelling that frequently causes numbness in the child's lip or chin. Rapid recognition and biopsy by a skilled dental surgeon are critical, as the cancer spreads (metastasizes) to the lungs very early.
This is an incredibly rare jaw cancer that originates entirely within the jawbone, usually from the microscopic remnants of cells that originally formed the teeth. Unlike standard oral cancer that starts on the surface of the gums, PIOC grows silently inside the bone, often only discovered when it causes a jaw fracture or unexplained numbness. It requires advanced 3D imaging and deep bone biopsies for diagnosis.
Dr. Sakil Imran Khan Chowdhury utilizes over 6 years of focused clinical wisdom, uniquely combining his public health perspective (MPH) with his surgical training. Working at a dedicated children's hospital, his philosophy emphasizes extreme vigilance—treating every unusual pediatric jaw swelling with high suspicion to rule out malignancies, providing a highly empathetic, pain-free environment to prevent dental anxiety in children, and prioritizing the saving of primary teeth for proper facial development.
Emergency Callout: Immediate emergency medical evaluation is required if a child develops a rapidly growing, hard, painful swelling on their jaw that does not respond to antibiotics, if a child's teeth suddenly become completely loose without any history of trauma (a sign of severe bone destruction), or if a dental infection causes sudden, severe swelling under the chin that makes breathing or swallowing difficult (Ludwig's Angina).
Member, Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC)
Consultant (Dental), Khulna Shishu Hospital
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Post Graduate Trained (PGT) in Oral Surgery
Bring all prior dental X-rays (OPG), Cone Beam CT (CBCT) scans, and any previous medical records if the child has a history of systemic illness.
Maintain a complete list of current prescription medications, specifically noting if the child has any known drug allergies (like Penicillin).
Keep a detailed symptom diary for jaw swellings: exactly when it was first noticed, how fast it has grown, and if the child has complained of numbness or tingling in their lips.
For anxious children, prepare them positively for the visit. Dr. Chowdhury's team at Shishu Hospital is highly trained to handle pediatric dental anxiety.
Last Modified: October 29, 2026
An MPH provides a doctor with a deep understanding of how diseases spread and affect entire populations. For Dr. Chowdhury, this means he doesn't just treat a single cavity; he analyzes a child's diet, family habits, and socioeconomic factors to create holistic, preventive strategies that stop tooth decay before it starts, which is especially crucial in a high-volume setting like Khulna Shishu Hospital.
"Floating teeth" is a radiologic term used when the jawbone surrounding the roots of the teeth has been completely destroyed by a disease, making the teeth look like they are floating in mid-air on the X-ray film. While it can occasionally happen in very severe gum disease, in a child, it is a massive red flag for Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) or an aggressive tumor.
Ewing sarcoma in the jaw typically presents as a fast-growing, painful swelling. Unlike a standard dental abscess, it often causes paresthesia (numbness or a "pins and needles" feeling) in the lower lip or chin because the growing tumor crushes the main nerve running through the jawbone. It may also cause teeth to become loose very quickly.
Many parents think baby teeth don't matter because they fall out anyway. However, baby teeth act as critical "space maintainers" for the adult teeth. If a baby tooth is pulled out too early due to decay, the surrounding teeth will shift into the empty space, physically blocking the permanent tooth from coming in, leading to severe crowding and the need for expensive braces later.
Also known as a Gorlin cyst, this is a rare, benign developmental cyst of the jaw. It originates from the remnants of tooth-forming tissues. Inside the cyst, the cells produce abnormal, calcified (bone-like) materials. It grows slowly but can destroy the jawbone and displace teeth, requiring surgical removal (enucleation) by a trained oral surgeon.
Neuroendocrine tumors usually start in the lungs, stomach, or intestines. "Metastatic" means the cancer has spread from its original location through the bloodstream. The jawbone is a rare but possible site for these cancers to spread to. If Dr. Chowdhury biopsies a jaw lesion and finds metastatic cells, it immediately triggers a full-body search by an oncologist to find the primary hidden cancer.
Working at Khulna Shishu (Children's) Hospital, Dr. Chowdhury is an expert in pediatric behavior management. He uses techniques like "tell-show-do" (explaining the tool, demonstrating it on a finger, then using it in the mouth), positive reinforcement, and a highly empathetic, patient approach to ensure the child feels safe and builds trust, rather than forcing a traumatic procedure.
Most oral cancers (Squamous Cell Carcinomas) start on the surface of the tongue or gums as a visible ulcer. Primary intraosseous carcinoma is a very rare, dangerous cancer that starts deep inside the jawbone, usually from leftover tooth-forming cells. Because it is hidden inside the bone, there are no early visible signs, making it very difficult to detect until it causes significant bone destruction.
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