Fair Value Adjustments To Inventory.

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Impact of pre-tax acquisition related charges reflected in earnings associated with fair value adjustments to acquired inventory.

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Total revenue reported by the acquired entity for its previous full fiscal year before the business acquisition.

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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended			12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Reporting_Unit	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) Reporting_Unit	Dec. 11, 2014 Nobel Biocare USD ($)	Dec. 11, 2014 Nobel Biocare CHF	Dec. 31, 2013 Nobel Biocare USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Nobel Biocare USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Nobel Biocare USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Nobel Biocare EUR (€)	Dec. 11, 2014 Nobel Biocare	Dec. 31, 2014 Others USD ($) Business	Dec. 31, 2013 Others USD ($) Business	Dec. 31, 2012 Others USD ($) Business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired										97.00%
Cash paid for acquisitions	$ 3,130.9	$ 957.2	$ 1,796.8	$ 1,900.0	1,900.0						$ 1,300.0	$ 957.0	$ 1,800.0
Revenue reported by acquired entity for last annual period						780			567		420	300	666
Number of businesses acquired											16	14	14
Goodwill	1,643.6us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	584.7us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	1,015.7us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	1,000.0			1,013.6				630.0	585.0	1,000.0
Number of segments	5us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments		5us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Transaction costs							12	12
Impact of pre-tax charges reflected in earnings							5
Fair value adjustments to inventory								$ 27