Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	NOTE 11 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Equity Raise On January 9, 2023, BIOLASE completed a public offering, pursuant to which BIOLASE agreed to issue, (i) in a registered direct offering, 17,167,855 shares of BIOLASE common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 11,403,571 shares of BIOLASE common stock with an exercise price of $0.001 per share. The combined purchase price for one share of common stock was determined to be $0.35, and the combined purchase price for one Pre-Funded Warrant and one Common Warrant was determined to be $0.34. BIOLASE received aggregate gross proceeds from the transactions of approximately $9.9 million, before deducting fees to the placement agent and other transaction expenses payable by BIOLASE.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6842918&loc=SL6314017-165662

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