receding gums and gum disease HELP does anyone know anything that works

Hi guys. My boyfriend has just visited the dentist - and like most dentists - she told him he has a problem. He appears to have some sort of gum disease where the gums bleed and they are receding away from the teeth. She took xrays, i assume to check that the bone was not infected - god forbid - and the results are not in yet. but she thinks he will have to have surgery.... what the hell??? what are they going to do? take out all his teeth or slice off some of the gums as i have heard is done for gum disease.
I am trying to persuade him to get a waterpick, he is quitting smoking and i will try and get him on one of the herbal/ Colloidal Silver solutions that i have found... but i am not sure what i can get here, as we are living in Slovakia at the moment and i cant even find cayenne pepper.
Is there anything that anyone has done that works?? Please help, i am worried he will go and take the blasted anitbiotics the dentist proscribed and take the surgery.
Thankyou, Leah. Tweet