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Credit Facilities - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 22, 2013
Mar. 31, 2015
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate 1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1  
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Wells Fargo [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Line of credit, available borrowings 50.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= algn_WellsFargoMember
 
Unrestricted Cash Deposit   50.0algn_UnrestrictedCashDeposit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= algn_WellsFargoMember
Letter of Credit [Member] | Wells Fargo [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Line of credit, available borrowings 10.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= algn_WellsFargoMember
 
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding   $ 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= algn_WellsFargoMember