Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule Of Fair Value Of The Contingent Consideration Remeasured (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Abstract]
Initial estimate (Level 3)		$ 36,140,000
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	$ (42,120)	(902,120)
Payments		(837,880)
Ending Balance (Level 3)	$ 34,400,000	$ 34,400,000

Change in fair value of contingent considerations.

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Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliations recurring basis liability initial estimate.

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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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