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Related Parties (Detail) (USD $)
 0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 20 Months Ended 36 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2007
Jun. 13, 2007
Nov. 30, 2014
Nov. 30, 2013
Nov. 30, 2014
director
Employee
non-voting_observer
Nov. 30, 2013
vote
Sep. 05, 2011
Aug. 31, 2014
May 01, 2007
Apr. 22, 2014
Apr. 24, 2014
Sep. 05, 2007
Jul. 11, 2007
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                          
Offer price   $ 46.00bmet_CommonStockTenderPricePerShare                      
Borrowings to finance portion of the Offer and pay related fees and expenses                         $ 4,181,000,000bmet_Borrowings
Credit agreement maturity date   2007-07-11                      
Percentage of outstanding Shares tendered to Purchaser                         82.00%bmet_PercentageOfOutstandingSharesTenderedInOffer
Percentage of shareholders voted to approve the proposed merger                       91.00%bmet_PercentageOfShareholdersVotedToApproveProposedMerger  
Date of acquisition Sep. 25, 2007                        
Percentage of transaction fee on total enterprise value 1.00%bmet_TransactionFeesPercentage                        
Percentage of annual monitoring fee on Company's annual Adjusted EBITDA     1.00%bmet_AnnualMonitoringFeePercentage   1.00%bmet_AnnualMonitoringFeePercentage                
Total amount of Sponsor fees     3,100,000us-gaap_SponsorFees 3,000,000us-gaap_SponsorFees 5,700,000us-gaap_SponsorFees 5,400,000us-gaap_SponsorFees              
Number of directors each Sponsor has the right to nominate         2bmet_RelatedPartyTransactionNumberOfDirectorsEachSponsorMayNominateUnderAgreement                
Number of non-voting observer each Sponsor is entitled to appoint         1bmet_RelatedPartyTransactionNumberOfNonVotingObserverEachSponsorMayAppointUnderAgreement                
Minimum percentage of membership interests that the sponsors should hold           70.00%bmet_PercentageOfMembershipInterestInRelatedParty              
Number of non-affiliate directors each Sponsor may appoint (one or more)         1bmet_RelatedPartyTransactionNumberOfNonAffiliateDirectorsEachSponsorMayAppointToBoardOfDirectorsUnderAgreement                
Number of votes each director has for purposes of any Board of Directors action           1bmet_RelatedPartyTransactionNumberOfVotesPerEachDirectorForBoardOfDirectorsAction              
Consulting fee             250,000bmet_RelatedPartyTransactionConsultingFee            
Out-of-pocket fees and expenses relating to an off-site office and administrative support             100,000bmet_ReimbursableOutOfPocketExpense            
Non competition time period following term of agreement         1 year                
Amount paid under consulting agreement     100,000bmet_AmountPaidUnderConsultingAgreement 0bmet_AmountPaidUnderConsultingAgreement 100,000bmet_AmountPaidUnderConsultingAgreement 100,000bmet_AmountPaidUnderConsultingAgreement              
Fee per participating employee per month         2bmet_DefinedContributionPlansEmployerPeriodicContributionsPerParticipant                
Number of employees enrolled in its health benefit plans         3,200bmet_DefinedBenefitPlanNumberOfUnitedStatesEmployeesParticipateInDefinedBenefitHealthCarePlans                
Percentage of purchase requirements         80.00%bmet_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentPercentage                
Total amount of fees paid     100,000bmet_RelatedPartiesTransactionsFeesExpenses 200,000bmet_RelatedPartiesTransactionsFeesExpenses 100,000bmet_RelatedPartiesTransactionsFeesExpenses 500,000bmet_RelatedPartiesTransactionsFeesExpenses              
Treasury shares acquired     0us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired 0us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired 0us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired 0us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired              
Employee capital contributions     0us-gaap_ProceedsFromContributionsFromAffiliates 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromContributionsFromAffiliates 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromContributionsFromAffiliates 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromContributionsFromAffiliates              
Minimum [Member]                          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                          
Out-of-pocket fees and expenses relating to an off-site office and administrative support             100,000bmet_ReimbursableOutOfPocketExpense
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= us-gaap_MinimumMember		            
Maximum [Member]                          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                          
Out-of-pocket fees and expenses relating to an off-site office and administrative support               150,000bmet_ReimbursableOutOfPocketExpense
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember		          
Equity Healthcare [Member]                          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                          
Payments made to Equity Healthcare     0us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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= bmet_EquityHealthcareMember		 100,000.0us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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= bmet_EquityHealthcareMember		 0us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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= bmet_EquityHealthcareMember		 100,000.0us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
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= bmet_EquityHealthcareMember		              
Core Trust Purchasing Group [Member]                          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                          
Term of participation agreement                 5 years        
One Time Merger Fee [Member] | Principal Stockholders [Member]                          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                          
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction         88,000,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis
= bmet_OneTimeMergerFeeMember
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= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember		                
Termination Fee [Member] | Director [Member]                          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                          
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction                   2,000,000us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
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= bmet_TerminationFeeMember
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= us-gaap_DirectorMember		      
Biomet, Inc. [Member] | Biomet, Inc [Member]                          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                          
Cumulative ownership after all transactions                     97.00%us-gaap_SubsidiaryOrEquityMethodInvesteeCumulativePercentageOwnershipAfterAllTransactions
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bmet_BiometIncMember		    
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member]                          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]                          
Amount of credit agreement                         $ 6,165,000,000bmet_SeniorSecuredCreditAgreement
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= bmet_SeniorSecuredTermLoanFacilityMember