A coating and coating process for a medical implant, wherein at least a partof said coatingcontains a silver-substituted osseointegration agent and the same and/or adifferent part of the coatingcontains an antimicrobial metal agent, wherein the antimicrobial metal agentis present in at least apart of said coating as discrete particles of metallic silver or silvercompound. The coating and coatingprocess may be applied to implantable prosthesis for mineralized body parts.
