Constructing an integral domain with a specific subring

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What tools are available for constructing various (noncommutative) domains with a given subdomain? That is, how can I begin to examine various domains which contain the domain $S$, other than obviously $S$ itself?

If we needed only a ring $R$ with a subring $S$, we could take direct sums of $S$ with other rings, but unfortunately the direct sum does not preserve the domain property, so this construction method is not useful.

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In the more familiar commutative case, you could look at certain quotients of polynomial rings over $S$. The quotient $S[x]/I$ will contain a copy of $S$ so long as $I$ trivially intersects the zeroth graded component of $S[x].$ Furthermore, if $S$ is commutative and unital, $S[x]/I$ will be a domain if and only if $I$ is a prime ideal. This will give you many examples of commutative domains that have $S$ as a subring.

This recipe only has to be fudged a little bit to allow for noncommutative quotient rings. Instead of starting with a polynomial ring over $S$, start with a free algebra over $S$ like $S\langle x,y\rangle$ instead. Then the quotient $S\langle x, y \rangle/I$ will be a domain if and only if $I$ is a completely prime ideal.