A Gallup Poll on honesty and ethical standards has ranked dentists fifth on a list of 22 professions.
Survey respondents rated each profession on a five-point honesty and ethical scale ranging from "very high" to "very low."
Topping the list was nurses (85%), followed by pharmacists (75%), physicians (70%), engineers (70%), and dentists (62%, same as in 2006). The lowest ranked professions were members of Congress (only 10% rated their ethics and honesty as very high or high) and car salespeople (8%).
Results of the poll are based on telephone interviews conducted November 26-29 with a random sampling of 1,015 adults age 18 and older in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
