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Sale of Breg - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Indemnification Expense	$ 0.2us-gaap_OtherAdjustmentsToIncomeDiscontinuedOperations	$ 5.0us-gaap_OtherAdjustmentsToIncomeDiscontinuedOperations
Orthofix Inc [Member] | Breg [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Fair value of liability	2ofix_GuaranteeObligationsFairValue / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = ofix_BregHoldingsLlcMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember	2ofix_GuaranteeObligationsFairValue / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = ofix_BregHoldingsLlcMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Period of indemnification (in years)		3 years
Obligations under guarantee		$ 0.4ofix_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsGuaranteeAtFairValue / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = ofix_BregHoldingsLlcMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember	$ 0.9ofix_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsGuaranteeAtFairValue / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = ofix_BregHoldingsLlcMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember

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