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Commitments and Contingencies - Product Liability (Details)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
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Dec. 31, 2016
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Product Liability - Filters    
Product Liability Litigation    
Number of customers who obtained an order in the French Courts against 3M Purification SAS 1  
Number of cases settled in principle in period | case 2  
Product liability - Bair Hugger    
Product Liability Litigation    
Number of plaintiffs 1,790 1,260
Accrued loss contingency reserve | $ $ 0  
Product liability - Bair Hugger | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee    
Product Liability Litigation    
Number of lawsuits filed 1  
Product Liability Lava Ultimate Dental Restorative Material    
Product Liability Litigation    
Number of lawsuits filed 3  
Number of states involved in lawsuit 13  
Product Liability Lava Ultimate Dental Restorative Material | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota    
Product Liability Litigation    
Number of lawsuits filed 1  
Number of plaintiffs 39  
Product Liability Lava Ultimate Dental Restorative Material | Madison County Illinois    
Product Liability Litigation    
Number of lawsuits filed 1  
Product Liability Lava Ultimate Dental Restorative Material | Madison County Illinois and U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in Aggregate    
Product Liability Litigation    
Number of lawsuits filed 2