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Stock Options and Restricted Stock - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Company shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 shares
2005 Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Duration for Stock option grants exercisable	10 years
Expiration of stock option	90 days
Unexercised portion of stock option remains exercisable	1 year
Number of companies used for the estimation of expected volatility \| Company	6
Dividend yield assumed	0.00%
Cash dividends paid \| $				$ 0
Compensation expense \| $	$ 0	$ 12,000	$ 56,000
2005 Incentive Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock outstanding	0				800
2012 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized under incentive plan	500,000
Common stock granted	9,391	3,304
Common stock available for future awards		320,434
2012 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock granted			13,322
2012 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan [Member] \| Share Based Grants [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense \| $	$ 676,000	$ 726,000	$ 884,000
2012 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan [Member] \| Long-Term Incentive Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense \| $	$ 1,359,000	$ 976,000	$ 724,000
Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock outstanding	4,890	5,761	6,454		5,576
Compensation expense \| $	$ 317,000	$ 351,000	$ 355,000
Shares authorized under incentive plan	150,000
Common stock granted	4,890	5,761	6,454
Common stock available for future awards	53,017
Restricted stock award for a number of shares \| $	$ 50,000
Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Increase in annual restricted stock award \| $	$ 75,000