B Background: Malocclusion can be an obstacle to children's health. Interceptive orthodonticsis one of an orthodontics treatment in children. It’s necessary that the role of parents has animportant influence in maintaining children's dental health, especially mothers have animportant role in developing children's behavior towards dental and oral health. Purpose: Tofind out a relationship between the need for interceptive orthodontic treatment and theeducation level of mothers in children aged 8 - 10 years at SDS Amkur Sambas, WestKalimantan. Methods: This study is an analytic observational study with a cross-sectionaldesign. Parents' education data was obtained by distributing questionnaires and children'sdental health data was obtained by IKPO-I. Results: A total of 80 respondents who wereexamined using IKPO-I found that 15 mothers (18.75%) had a high level of education, 34mothers (42.5%) had a moderate level of education, and 31 mothers (38.75%) had a low levelof education. 21 children (27.5%) did not need treatment, 38 children (51.25%) neededinterceptive orthodontic treatment, and 21 children (21.25%) needed corrective orthodontictreatment. The results obtained in this study are the value of p = 0.000 and the value of r = -0.400. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that there is a significant relationshipbetween the educational level of the mother and the need for orthodontic treatment on the Sig.= 0.000 (p ≤ 0.05).