A method for improving soft tissue attachment which includes the steps of coating a surface of a material, to which surface soft tissue is to be attached, with a coating rich in TiO.sub.2 and/or SiO.sub.2, and applying the coating where soft tissue attachment is desired. An implant in which a surface or surfaces of the implant intended to be attached to soft tissue are coated with a porous coating rich in TiO.sub.2 and/or SiO.sub.2, and the use of a porous surface coating rich in TiO.sub.2, SiO.sub.2, or TiO.sub.2 and SiO.sub.2, for the manufacture of an implant for soft tissue attachment are also disclosed.