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| Network | 100320 - Disclosure - Inventories (Tables) (http://www.churchdwight.com/20161231/taxonomy/role/DisclosureInventoriesTables) |
| Table | (Implied) |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000313927 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
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2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Components of Inventories | Inventories consist of the following:
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