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Somehow I'm a bit skeptical taking advice from a guy who's teeth are so rotten he had to fly to Mexico to get them fixed on the cheap.

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You might also look into hydrogen peroxide. I don't do this every day, but a couple of times per week. You can either rinse with 3% hydrogen peroxide, or you can make a paste from baking soda and hydrogen peroxide and massage into the gumline. If you do the latter, be very gentle (don't brush with it), and you will only need a little hydrogen peroxide to make the paste (if you add too much, it'll just dissolve the baking soda).

These are recommended for people with any gum recession, bleeding gums (for example, if your gums bleed easily when flossing), and/or perio disease. Gum recession is actually a protective effect; your body is basically trying to reestablish a barrier between the plaque biofilms and your circulatory system by "retreating" and restablishing a new baseline. Once you have mature calculus at the gumline, you really should be getting a cleaning from a professional who can debride the calculus; if you have significant gum pockets, you should be getting 2-3 perio cleanings a year. But your best at-home measure is peroxide; biofilms are a bitch at this stage. They are hard and quite resilient to things like toothbrushes and toothpaste.

Once you are clean and just maintaining, I would recommend getting a water pik for at home. They are very affordable now. Use them on your gumline.

EDIT: Boozy corrected me.