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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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| Accounting Policies [Line Items] | |||
| Depreciation expense | $ 627,000us-gaap_Depreciation | $ 484,000us-gaap_Depreciation | $ 377,000us-gaap_Depreciation |
| Number of operating segments | 1us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments | ||
| Undelivered elements (training, installation, product and support services) | 952,000biol_UndeliveredElementsTrainingInstallationAndProductAndSupportServices | 1,823,000biol_UndeliveredElementsTrainingInstallationAndProductAndSupportServices | |
| Provision for sales returns | 110,000us-gaap_SalesReturnsAndAllowancesGoods | 110,000us-gaap_SalesReturnsAndAllowancesGoods | |
| Extended warranty contracts | 1,500,000us-gaap_ExtendedProductWarrantyAccrual | 1,642,000us-gaap_ExtendedProductWarrantyAccrual | |
| Revenue recognition, percentage of fair value of trade-in exchange | 25.00%biol_PercentageOfFairValueOfExchangeToRecognizeRevenue | ||
| Advertising costs | 543,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 1,500,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 907,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense |
| Compensation cost related to stock options | 1,233,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense | 1,609,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense | 1,600,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense |
| Net impact of share based compensation expense to earnings per diluted share | $ (0.03)biol_ShareBasedCompensationNetImpactOnEarningPerShareDiluted | $ (0.05)biol_ShareBasedCompensationNetImpactOnEarningPerShareDiluted | $ (0.05)biol_ShareBasedCompensationNetImpactOnEarningPerShareDiluted |
| Total unrecognized compensation cost | $ 1,400,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized | $ 2,700,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized | |
| Unrecognized share based compensation cost to be recognized over weighted-average period | 10 months 24 days | ||
| Outstanding stock options and warrants excluded from diluted loss per share | 10,094,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount | 6,039,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount | 4,713,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount |
| UNITED STATES | WaterLase systems | |||
| Accounting Policies [Line Items] | |||
| Product warrant period | 2 years | 1 year | 1 year |
| UNITED STATES | Diode systems | |||
| Accounting Policies [Line Items] | |||
| Product warrant period | 2 years | 2 years | 2 years |
| International | WaterLase systems | |||
| Accounting Policies [Line Items] | |||
| Product warrant period | 28 months | 16 months | 16 months |
| International | Diode systems | |||
| Accounting Policies [Line Items] | |||
| Product warrant period | 28 months | 28 months | 28 months |
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Percentage of fair value of exchange to recognize revenue. No definition available.
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Product warrant term. No definition available.
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Share-based compensation net impact on earning per share diluted. No definition available.
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Amount of deferred revenue from sales of training, installation, product and support services expected to be earned within one year. No definition available.
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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount as of the balance sheet date of the aggregate extended product warranty liability. Does not include the ending balance for the standard product warranty liability. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. No definition available.
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Total deduction from sales during the period arising from goods returned by customers (other than under warranty provisions) and price reductions (allowance, price protection agreements) given by the entity. Returns and allowances are a deduction from gross revenue in arriving at net revenue. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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