Conditions Frontmatter Sample

Reference for filling the frontmatter of Oral Medicine Conditions notes (Type: Overview). Each condition note follows the key order and property set below. Copy the blank block to start a new note.

Property Reference

Property	Shape	Required for Overview?	What to fill	Allowed / observed values
tags	list (lowercase)	No	Lightweight browsing / workflow markers, kebab-case. Use needs-source-link when no source lecture is linked yet.	hairy-tongue, reactive-lesions, needs-source-link
Field	list	Yes	Top-level discipline. Constant for these notes.	Oral Medicine
Related MOCs	list (wikilinks)	Yes	Navigation hubs. Both are standard for OM conditions.	[[MOC Oral Medicine]], [[MOC Oral Pathology]]
Date created	datetime	Yes	ISO datetime, auto-stamped by Templater on creation.	2026-03-08 20:15
Related Videos	list	No	Video references (wikilinks or links). Often empty.	—
Related Links	list	No	External URLs. Often empty.	—
Type	list	Yes	Note classification. Always Overview for a condition note.	Overview
Related Readings	list (wikilinks)	Yes	Source lectures + textbook annotations the note is built from.	[[L9 Benign Epithelial Pathosis]], [[8. Reactive Benign Pigmented]], [[27 Pigmented Lesions of the Oral Mucosa]], [[Contemporary Oral Medicine white and red lesions of the oral Mucosa]], [[Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine E-Book Annotations]]
Disease Group	list	— (OM custom)	Pathologic category of the lesion.	Reactive, Developmental, Pigmented Lesion, Normal variant
Clinical Appearance	list	— (OM custom)	How it looks clinically.	White Lesion, Red Lesion, Pigmented
Biologic Behaviour	list	— (OM custom)	Behaviour of the lesion.	Benign
Etiology	list	— (OM custom)	Cause(s).	Nutritional Deficiency, Xerostomia, Trauma, Irritation, Heat, Genetic
Tissue Origin	list	— (OM custom)	Tissue/cell of origin.	filiform papillae, Oral Epithelium, Basal Keratinocytes, Connective Tissue Macrophages
Common Site	list	— (OM custom)	Usual location(s) in the mouth.	Dorsal tongue, Buccal Mucosa, Lip Mucosa, Ventral Tongue, Hard Palate, Soft Palate, Gingiva
Malignant Potential	single	— (OM custom)	Risk of malignant transformation.	No, Possible, Yes
Urgency	list	— (OM custom)	Management / urgency action.	Reassure, Diet Counseling, Habit Cessation, Regular Monitoring, Biopsy Considered

Required vs custom

Type, Related MOCs, Related Readings, Date created, and Field are required for any Overview note (per the vault schema). The Disease Group → Urgency block is the Oral Medicine conditions-specific extension — keep them as YAML lists (except Malignant Potential, which is a single value).

Blank Frontmatter Block

Copy this into a new condition note and fill in the values:

---
tags:
Field:
  - Oral Medicine
Related MOCs:
  - "[[MOC Oral Pathology]]"
  - "[[MOC Oral Medicine]]"
Date created:
Related Videos:
Related Links:
Type:
  - Overview
Related Readings:
Disease Group:
Clinical Appearance:
Biologic Behaviour:
Etiology:
Tissue Origin:
Common Site:
Malignant Potential:
Urgency:
---

Filled Example

A fully populated instance (modelled on Hairy Tongue):

---
tags:
  - hairy-tongue
  - reactive-lesions
Field:
  - Oral Medicine
Related MOCs:
  - "[[MOC Oral Pathology]]"
  - "[[MOC Oral Medicine]]"
Date created: 2026-03-08 20:15
Related Videos:
Related Links:
Type:
  - Overview
Related Readings:
  - "[[8. Reactive Benign Pigmented]]"
  - "[[L9 Benign Epithelial Pathosis]]"
Disease Group:
  - Reactive
Clinical Appearance:
  - White Lesion
Biologic Behaviour:
  - Benign
Etiology:
  - Nutritional Deficiency
  - Xerostomia
Tissue Origin:
  - filiform papillae
Common Site:
  - Dorsal tongue
Malignant Potential: No
Urgency:
  - Reassure
  - Diet Counseling
---

Key conditions