1 u03bcm there is no particular limitation of the material to be used for the uncoated dental implant it can be any implant material useful for dental implants in particular the dental implant material can be a metal an alloy a polymeric material or a ceramic material for example the metallic material can be titanium in a preferred embodiment of the present invention the titanium is electropolished to obtain a tio 2 surface of the uncoated dental implant in one embodiment of the present invention a layer containing an adhesion promoter is provided between the surface of the uncoated dental implant and the biocompatible coating the adhesion promoter or spacer is for example an organosilicon compound preferably an amino terminated silane or a compound based on an aminosilane or an alkylphosphonic acid aminopropyl trimethoxysilane is especially preferred the adhesion promoter particularly improves the adhesion of the biocompatible coating to the surface of the dental implant material through coupling of the adhesion promoter to the surface of the dental implant material by for instance ionic and or covalent bonds and through further coupling of the adhesion promoter to reactive components particularly to the polymer of the biocompatible coating by for instance ionic and or covalent bonds the surprisingly improved take of the gingiva onto the dental implant of the present invention may be based on but not limited to a mechanism that the biocompatible coating of the dental implant according to the invention adsorbs reversible native proteins without denaturation resulting in an imitation of a biological and physiological surface this unique property of the dental implant of the present invention allows an improved and accelerated take of the gingiva onto the dental implant without the formation of gingival sulcus moreover bacterial infections of the gingiva can be prevented at the dental.